blake murphy wrote:
> 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
>
>
I'm more concerned about "fresh" foods, such as produce, dairy and meat,
or processed goods marketed for protein content, such as protein powders
or feed for fish farms and things like that (both were involved in the
melamine-tainted food scandals last year). Sauces and so on are
probably less likely to be adulterated to falsely enhance nutritive value.