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Default China Says Too Late to Recall Toxic Turkeys

On Nov 26, 9:28 am, HK wrote:
China Says It's 'Too Late' To Recall Huge Shipment of Turkeys
70 Million Toxic Birds Sent to U.S. Last Week

Officials from a major food exporter in China apologized to American
consumers today for shipping over 70 million poisonous turkeys to the
U.S. early last week, but indicated that it was "too late" for a recall
of their toxic food product.

A spokesman for the Wuhan Food Exportation Company said that while the
company "deeply regretted" the shipment, the error was not discovered
until Friday morning, making a recall of the birds "virtually impossible."

"It would be problematic to recall such a massive shipment," the
spokesman said. "Those turkeys were sent to virtually every store in the
U.S."

At a press conference on Saturday to discuss what went wrong with the
shipment of turkeys, Wuhan officials revealed that the birds had been
fed an experimental combination of birdseed, lead pellets, and date-rape
drugs.

"Going forward, we're going to skip the lead pellets," said Qiu
Liangyong, the company's public relations director.

In an attempt to regain the confidence of the American consumer, Qiu
said that in the future all turkeys shipped to the U.S. would include a
warning label, but under tough questioning from reporters he conceded
that the label would be printed in Chinese.

At the conclusion of the press conference, Qiu indicated that he was
"confident" that the company could regain U.S. consumers' trust in time
for the Christmas season: "We have 80 million delicious Christmas hams
just waiting to be shipped."

Reporter: Andy Borowitz


The toxins are probably from steaming the turkey in plastic bags!