The war has begun. Well, the war of words with China, that is. The country has had its name dragged through the mud in the most recent 12 months, with product recalls stemming from toothpaste to food to lead paint on toys. Since it was being battered in the media all over the world, I guess the best defense was a goofy offense for the country.

State media today released information the indicated it had found microscopic worms in wooden packaging from the U.S. In addition, health authorities even said that substandard U.S. vitamin pills had been discovered as well.

So now, the order of the day is to inspect all items from any country. It's probably quite true that food-related imports from almost any country would have some minor level contamination. I'm not defending U.S. producers here, but an attempt by China to overshadow massive quality problems there won't work here. Nice try.