The Weirdest Counterfeit Ever

China has been pretty well known to have, shall we say, a high tolerance for counterfeit goods. Whether it is copies of copyrighted materials or fake handbags, they seem to not care a whole lot about faked goods hitting the market. But they have gone over the top on this one - or is the correct term 'under the bottom'?

Counterfeit lard.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has arrested the manager of a factory which used grease from swill, sewage and recycled industrial oil to make edible lard, a Chinese newspaper said on Monday in the latest health scare to hit the country.

Health officials also detected "toxic pesticide" in lard produced by the Fanchang Grease Factory in Taizhou, in the eastern coastal province of Zhejiang, the Shanghai Daily said.

"They wholesaled the product to retailers across the country, and the retailers sold it to clients, including hotels and restaurants," the paper said.

Since opening in September 2005, the plant had bought more than 170 metric tons of recycled grease to produce an average of six metric tons of lard daily. A night-time raid found 37,600 kg of raw materials and 5,300 kg of lard, the paper said.

Billions of dollars worth of counterfeit and substandard goods, from fake liquor to luxury handbags, are produced every year in China.

We frankly have no idea what to say about this item.