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Snarkoleptic

(5,997 posts)
Tue Oct 29, 2013, 10:59 PM Oct 2013

Please consider signing this Whitehouse.gov petition.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/revoke-permission-granted-four-chinese-plants-import-us-chicken-process-it-and-then-export-it-back/wjX5R7dV

Revoke USDA permission granted to four Chinese poultry processing plants allowing those plants to import U.S.-raised and -slaughtered chicken, process it, and then export it back to America. As no on-site monitoring is mandated in China, this poses potential health and safety threats to the U.S. consumer. Chinese standards should not be interpreted to be equivalent to U.S. standards. Also at risk are American jobs at U.S. processing plants. No country-of-origin labeling is required on chicken processed in China, and individual companies will get to decide if they want to label the imported, Chinese-processed chicken as a 'Product of China.'
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Please consider signing this Whitehouse.gov petition. (Original Post) Snarkoleptic Oct 2013 OP
Send chicken from US to China for processing, then return them here. No brainer. NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #1
Oh, and the Chinese food safety situation is awful. Snarkoleptic Oct 2013 #3
How about "gutter oil" progressoid Oct 2013 #5
Ack! Snarkoleptic Oct 2013 #10
Done- ruffburr Oct 2013 #2
done gopiscrap Oct 2013 #4
Done and shared on Facebook emsimon33 Oct 2013 #6
Yeah, this sounds like something I'd feed my kids... DiverDave Oct 2013 #7
Done and shared on Facebook davidpdx Oct 2013 #8
GO VEG! n/t MoonRiver Oct 2013 #9
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
1. Send chicken from US to China for processing, then return them here. No brainer.
Tue Oct 29, 2013, 11:02 PM
Oct 2013

Gigantic waste of fuel and only one reason, profit.

Meanwhile, fewer jobs for us and fewer environmental and health protections.

God help us.

Snarkoleptic

(5,997 posts)
3. Oh, and the Chinese food safety situation is awful.
Tue Oct 29, 2013, 11:23 PM
Oct 2013

Recent stories I've read include-
Rat meat passed off as mutton.
Cardboard paste substituted for steamed buns.
Pork molded, glued and dyed so it can be sold as beef.
I suspect this is the tip of the iceberg.

progressoid

(49,990 posts)
5. How about "gutter oil"
Wed Oct 30, 2013, 12:34 AM
Oct 2013

**WARNING** this video is pretty disgusting.



Or growing food in toxic trash for soil.

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