Naztazia > wrote:

>I was ready to make ginger snap cookies this evening and a friend
>tells me that most ginger is grown in China. I said get out of town.
>So I call up McC spices and sure enough, their powdered ginger is
>indeed grown in China. Apparently even "fresh" ginger in my grocery
>store is too. To top it off, my friend said there was a big recall
>back in July because of pesticides used on ginger products from China
>(nausea, headaches, etc).

>Am I being paranoid, or should I just go ahead and make the cookies.
>I have nothing against China per se, just their food track record
>isn't so hot...

You are not being paranoid. Ginger is sometimes not safe. You can
mitigate most (not all) of the risk by buying organic ginger.

Steve