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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPlease 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/wjX5R7dVRevoke 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
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Send chicken from US to China for processing, then return them here. No brainer.
NYC_SKP
Oct 2013
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NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)1. Send chicken from US to China for processing, then return them here. No brainer.
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.
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"
**WARNING** this video is pretty disgusting.
Or growing food in toxic trash for soil.
Snarkoleptic
(5,997 posts)10. Ack!
That's some disturbing stuff and they mentioned some of the oil goes to hotels. Travelers beware!
ruffburr
(1,190 posts)2. Done-
I've heard about this plan I was wondering why folks weren't raising hell!
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)4. done
emsimon33
(3,128 posts)6. Done and shared on Facebook
DiverDave
(4,886 posts)7. Yeah, this sounds like something I'd feed my kids...
signed
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)8. Done and shared on Facebook
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)9. GO VEG! n/t