On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:40:36 -0400, flitterbit wrote:

> Dave Smith wrote:
>> Ken wrote:
>>> I seem to remeber reading that frozen fish have to be labeled with
>>> country or origin - or is that only if Chinese? Or am I mis-remembering?
>>>
>>> If so, I'd love to see all food - and perhaps everything else -
>>> labeled as to country of origin. Perhaps that's not possible for
>>> processed food and goods - parts from here, parts from there.
>>
>>
>> AFAIK, all processed and canned foods here indicate the country of
>> origin. However, raw seafood does not. I am going to be looking a lot
>> more carefully at food origins. There have been too many problems lately
>> with Chinese food products. The latest to be recalled is yogurt for
>> crying out loud. Don't we have enough cows and dairies here that we
>> don't have to import dairy products from China?
> >
> >
> Given the pet food misery last year and all the other bad practices that
> exposed, I wonder why our government allows the importation of any food
> product from China. China is changing, but it has some serious problems
> with its manufacturing and food production industries that don't appear
> to be being addressed.

well, let's not go nuts here. i would miss pearl river bridge products.

your pal,
blake