On 29/05/2013 3:50 PM, notbob wrote:
> On 2013-05-29, Sqwertz > wrote:
>
>> The company that's trying to buy Smithfield was caught in a scandal
>> last year butchering and selling diseased pork that were quarantined
>> by the agriculture ministry and were supposed to be trashed.
>
> I'm shocked! (not)
>



I wonder if the alleged Chinese investors have considered that if they
buy Smithfield most normal, informed Americans simply won't buy it. I
don't know about the rest of the people here, but I am reluctant to buy
goods produced in China and I absolutely refuse to buy food products
from China.

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> I wonder if the alleged Chinese investors have considered that if they buy
> Smithfield most normal, informed Americans simply won't buy it. I don't
> know about the rest of the people here, but I am reluctant to buy goods
> produced in China and I absolutely refuse to buy food products from China.

I am very careful as to what I will buy from China. Something that is cheap
and decorative would be okay. But no food or cosmetics.

On 5/29/2013 4:07 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 29/05/2013 3:50 PM, notbob wrote:
>> On 2013-05-29, Sqwertz > wrote:
>>
>>> The company that's trying to buy Smithfield was caught in a scandal
>>> last year butchering and selling diseased pork that were quarantined
>>> by the agriculture ministry and were supposed to be trashed.
>>
>> I'm shocked! (not)
>>
>
>
>
> I wonder if the alleged Chinese investors have considered that if they
> buy Smithfield most normal, informed Americans simply won't buy it. I
> don't know about the rest of the people here, but I am reluctant to buy
> goods produced in China and I absolutely refuse to buy food products
> from China.
>



I agree with Dave. I don't shop Walmart or buy Chinese.

gloria p

On Wed, 29 May 2013 16:48:25 -0600, gloria p >
wrote:

> I don't shop Walmart or buy Chinese.

Shopping at Walmart is avoidable, but I bet you have lots of Chinese
made products or at least products with Chinese produced parts in your
house. They are impossible to avoid completely.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 29 May 2013 16:48:25 -0600, gloria p >
> wrote:
>
>> I don't shop Walmart or buy Chinese.
>
> Shopping at Walmart is avoidable, but I bet you have lots of Chinese
> made products or at least products with Chinese produced parts in your
> house. They are impossible to avoid completely.

That's very true.

On 2013-05-29, gloria p > wrote:

> I agree with Dave. I don't shop Walmart or buy Chinese.

WW carries a lotta good US made products.

nb

On Wed, 29 May 2013 18:07:54 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> I
> don't know about the rest of the people here, but I am reluctant to buy
> goods produced in China and I absolutely refuse to buy food products
> from China.

It's kind of hard to avoid goods produced in China, easier to avoid
food produced there. What about goods produced here and owned by a
Chinese company?

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

On 5/29/2013 1:48 PM, sf wrote:
> On Wed, 29 May 2013 18:07:54 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> I
>> don't know about the rest of the people here, but I am reluctant to buy
>> goods produced in China and I absolutely refuse to buy food products
>> from China.
>
> It's kind of hard to avoid goods produced in China, easier to avoid
> food produced there. What about goods produced here and owned by a
> Chinese company?
>

I've been going to the funky Chinese store down the street to get some
hard candies that I can't find anywhere else. The guava candy has a
unique intense flavor and I've also been getting the coconut and ginger
flavor candies too. The candy is used to fill a bowl in the waiting area
of my office. As far as I know, it ain't killed anybody yet but I will
be on the lookout for anything of that nature happening.

http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Guava-.../dp/B000J0N1CK

On Wed, 29 May 2013 18:07:54 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:



>
>
>I wonder if the alleged Chinese investors have considered that if they
>buy Smithfield most normal, informed Americans simply won't buy it. I
>don't know about the rest of the people here, but I am reluctant to buy
>goods produced in China and I absolutely refuse to buy food products
>from China.

China is a very large pork consumer. Maybe they will be shipping from
US to China.

On Wed, 29 May 2013 22:08:52 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On Wed, 29 May 2013 18:07:54 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:
>
>
>
>>
>>
>>I wonder if the alleged Chinese investors have considered that if they
>>buy Smithfield most normal, informed Americans simply won't buy it. I
>>don't know about the rest of the people here, but I am reluctant to buy
>>goods produced in China and I absolutely refuse to buy food products
>>from China.
>
>China is a very large pork consumer. Maybe they will be shipping from
>US to China.

It has already occurred. My state governor has been wooing China for
years.
Janet US