12:00p.m September 25, 2008 – JMSC – The recent tainted milk scandal has put the spotlight on the food safety problems from mainland China. The milk powder is tainted with melamine, a toxic industrial chemical that can cause kidney stones and lead to kidney failure. This scandal has shattered the faith people had in the mainland’s quality control authorities. However, would the people in Hong Kong still trust the quality of the food imported from mainland in aftermath of scare?

Here are some public opinions about this crisis from the vox pop by reports of JMSC in a busy street.

Vox Pop

Danny , a man waiting for a bus

Gabriel, a man at the bus stop

From the vox pop, though some of them do not care about the scandal, most of the interviewees are worried about the poor quality of products as well as the low credibility of quality control of China. Probably, it’s quite natural for consumers to conclude that the whole industry isn’t trustworthy any more.

It has to be hoped that the central government should not only punish those irresponsible big companies but also improve greater transparency to salvage the whole industry’s reputation. It may take some time for consumers to restore trust for the milk safety of China.

  milk on the shelves of a supermaket , without famous brands from mainland China