The following links help exlain the extend and seriousness of the use of Carbon Monoxide in meat, poulty and seafood as a tool to help deceive the consumer:

Tuna's Red Glare? It Could Be Carbon Monoxide. (NY Times)

Taking the waters.  (Excelent article in the Finantial Times about water polution in China)

A Slippery, Writhing Trade Dispute. (NY Tmes, requies free subscription)

FDA Blocks Chinese Seafood On Contamination Concerns. (Wall Street Journal)

EU Sets Chinese Seafood Alert. (Wall Street Journal)

STUPAK, MARKEY INTRODUCE BILL TO LABEL CARBON MONOXIDE BLASTED MEAT

Alabama issues Stop Sale order for Chinese catfish.

Farmed seafood added to list of tainted Chinese imports. (Chcago-Sun Times)