China and the U.S. continue to go round and round based on multiple Chinese-based food and product ingredient recalls in the last year, and one good thing is that the amount of safety awareness this recall situation has caused can only serve to make things better in the future. At least, I hope.

China just said this past week that it will start to "clamp down" on foods contaminated with dangerous industrial chemicals (among other things) in the wake of a global backlash currently underway concerning the level of quality coming from that country as it relates to food and other products.

Has the "Made in China" label suffered in the last 12 months? Of course -- quality control is under review in the world's most populous country like never before, and many nations are learning that the cheaper-than-cheap commodity prices and manufacturing practices in China come at a price -- a large price.