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Chinas Food Safety Issues Worse Than You Thought
In April, I began an email correspondence with an American Ill call Susan (she prefers to remain anonymous), who has lived in China for 15 years while working in publishing. She currently resides in Beijing and also lived in a small town in Hubei province.
Susan came across our Change.org petition (325,000-plus signatures) asking Congress to Keep Chinese Chicken Out of Our Schools and Supermarkets and reached out to me. While she loves China and its people, Susans first-hand knowledge of Chinas poor food safety practices leaves her deeply concerned about the prospect of American chicken being processed in China for consumption in the U.S.
To provide consumers with even more information about how a weak Chinese food safety system poses a real threat to Americans, I have compiled a Q&A excerpt from my often-startling correspondence with Susan.
http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/07/chinas-food-safety-issues-are-worse-than-you-thought/#.VoqThzYlfVo
tabasco
(22,974 posts)Destroying consumer protection one law at a time.
Cassiopeia
(2,603 posts)They had plenty of help from "Democrats."
tabasco
(22,974 posts)234 republicans voted for it. 66 Democrats voted for it.
MissB
(15,811 posts)How would one not know an egg was fake?
On edit: a quick Google search did a great job of answering my question and turning my stomach. I'm really glad I raise my own eggs in the backyard.
CrispyQ
(36,494 posts)UtahLib
(3,179 posts)hollysmom
(5,946 posts)I might be wrong, I always look at seafood and limit the number of countries and locations in this country (sorry gulf states, don't want your sea food). I pretty much have given up most fish and shell fish as it comes from Thailand (slavery) or Vietnam (very lax inspections).
I am sure after the TPP, they won't be labeling where the sea food comes from in the future. In the summer, not so bad as you can buy fish from the local docks after a long drive, but not so much in winter.