This Washington Post article is filled with information and a must read for anyone who eats on a daily basis (i'm hoping that's all of you.. haha). Just about everything is affected, from cancer causing substances in shrimp and dried fruit to the downright filthy and completely unfit for consumption, with only 1% of this stuff ever getting inspected as it comes in.
Towards the end of the article there is the stunning news that the U.S. will allow poultry to be slaughtered here but processed in China and shipped back to us - only then will Beijing lift it's 4-year ban on U.S. beef! Yeah, read that last sentence again. Take it all in. China and it's avian flu epidemics (hey, a new outbreak hit the papers this morning!) and we're going to trust them with chicken?
Like I said in an earlier post - if I wasn't already a vegetarian I would be turning into one now. Read the article. I guarantee you'll be moving to a farm and growing all of your own food - as I see it now, there's really no alternative. Bush & Co. are making it even easier to get this crap onto our plate. Profits over safety.
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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i read recently that one major food manuf. just banned imports from china . hooray for all the pets ! hooray for all pet huggers ! hooray for the bart simpsons of the world !
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