Food problems exist on both sides of the world, not just in China.

According to this WaPo article, food fraud is rampant in the U.S., with suppliers labeling cheaper goods as something much more expensive.

John Spink, an expert on food and packaging fraud at Michigan State University, estimates that 5 to 7 percent of the U.S. food supply is affected but acknowledges the number could be greater. “We know what we seized at the border, but we have no idea what we didn’t seize,” he said.

The culprit? The recession, of course. People are just trying to make money any way they can.

At least there’s less of a chance of dying from eating food labeled as some other kind of food than from eating food cooked in recycled oil.