The Ultimate Counterfeit

China is famous for counterfeit products. Whether it is ripoffs of designer watches, pirated DVDs or even bogus food products and poison toothpaste, China has it all. But this has got to be the absolute top of the heap, counterfeit-wise: fake water.

BEIJING - China's food safety monitor promised Tuesday to investigate a report that more than half of the water coolers in Beijing use counterfeit branded water.

The water is either tap water or purified water from small suppliers put into the water jugs and sealed with bogus quality standard marks, the Beijing Times newspaper said in a lengthy report Monday.

The newspaper said Tuesday local officials shut down a Beijing bottled water distributing station and seized safety seals and labels bearing the names of local brands.

Beijing's tap water is generally not safe to drink because of the city's aging pipes; boiling water leaves a white powdery residue inside pots and kettles.

Signs in luxury hotels in the capital tell guests that water has been treated and is safe to drink, but most Chinese consider it unsafe and do not drink it themselves.

We here at Blue Crab Boulevard know a golden opportunity when we see one. We are immediately launching a new product for export to China: Crabitat's Finest® Dehydrated Water. It will be huge.

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