Smithfield Farms, the largest pork producing farm in the USA was sold in September, 2013 to China with the unanimous support of its stockholders!! The hogs will still be raised here, but slaughtered and packaged for sale there before being sent back here. This includes labels of Morrell, Eckrich, Krakus, Cudahy, Premium Hams, Cook’s, and Gwaltney.
The same with many chickens: They can now be shipped there, but when they come back all that needs to be labeled is that they WERE RAISED IN THE USA. Not that they were processed in China!!! Our great FDA at work again. The chickens will be all processed and most sold to fast food restaurants for sandwiches, along with schools and supermarkets. The China slaughter and processing are not nearly equal to the requirements here.
BAD FOOD.
We recently learned that Starkist Tuna is now owned by Korea, and is in big conflict with the U.S. concerning quality, safety, and records, which Korea refuses to produce.
I had just returned home from buying Albertson’s 4-day special of 4 bags of frozen tilapia for the price of one. Sure enough, on the top of the bags, it read “farm raised”, and on the bottom in small print it said, “China”
Recently a Food inspector on TV… said he had lived overseas and he had seen the filthy conditions their foods are raised and processed in. It is enough to make you throw up. Some foreign workers have to wear masks as they work in these places; because the food is so rotten and filthy, it makes them want to throw up. Many of their fish on fish farms are fed raw sewage daily. He said he has seen so much filth throughout their food growing and processing that he would “never” eat any of it. They raise this filth, put some food coloring and some flavorings on it, then they ship it to the USA & Canada for YOU to consume and feed to YOUR families. They have no Food & Safety Inspectors. They ship it to you to buy and poison your families and friends.
Imported food we eat and the junk we buy: Green Giant frozen vegetables are from China and so are most of Europe’s Best. Arctic Gardens are OK, so is Birdseye.
Never buy the grocery store garlic unless it is clearly marked from USA or Canada, the other stuff is grown in people poop (even worse than chicken poop). China is the largest producer of garlic in the
World; U.S. is next.
Buy only local honey, much honey is shipped in huge containers from China and re-packed here.
Cold-FX is grown and packed in China and is full of fecal bacteria. It doesn’t work anyway, big scam.
If the country of origin is not clearly marked, beware. If produce, ask an employee.
Watch out for packages which state “prepared for”, “packed by” or “imported by”.
We don’t understand the lack of mandatory labeling, especially the produce. The country of origin should be clearly shown on the item in the store.
Go to the local farmers’ markets in season and keep a wary eye open the rest of the year.
How is it possible to ship food from China cheaper than having it produced in the U. S. or Canada?
Beware, Costco sells canned peaches and pears in a plastic jar that come from China ..
ALL “HIGH LINER” AND MOST OTHER FROZEN FISH PRODUCTS COME FROM CHINA OR INDONESIA. THE PACKAGE MAY SAY “PACIFIC SALMON” ON THE FRONT, BUT LOOK FOR THE SMALL PRINT. MOST OF THESE PRODUCTS COME FROM FISH FARMS IN THE ORIENT WHERE THERE ARE NO REGULATIONS ON WHAT IS FED TO THESE FISH.
If you search the Internet about what the Chinese feed their fish, you’ll be alarmed; e.g.: growth hormones, expired anti-biotic from humans? Never buy any type of fish or shellfish that comes from these countries: Vietnam, China, Philippines.
Steinfeld’s Pickles are made in India – just as bad!
Another example is in canned mushrooms. No-Name brand came from Indonesia.
Also check those little fruit cups. They used to be made in Canada in the Niagara region until about 2 years ago. They are now packaged in China. Most sold in Aldi stores.
While the Chinese export inferior and even toxic products, dangerous toys, and goods to be sold in North American markets, the media wrings its hands! Yet, 70% of North Americans believe that the trading privileges afforded to the Chinese should be suspended.
Well, duh! Why do you need the government to suspend trading privileges? Simply look on the bottom of every product you buy, and if it says ‘Made in China’ or ‘PRC’ (and that now includes Hong Kong), simply choose another product, or none at all. You will be amazed at how dependent you are on Chinese products, and you will be equally amazed at what you can do without.
THINK ABOUT THIS
If 200 million North Americans refuse to buy just $20 each of Chinese goods, that’s a billion dollar trade imbalance resolved in our favor… fast! The downside? Some Canadian/American businesses will feel a temporary pinch from having foreign stockpiles of inventory.
Just one month of trading losses will hit the Chinese for 8% of their North American exports. Then they will at least have to ask themselves if the benefits of their arrogance and lawlessness are worth it.
All the years making products safe and food nourishing and pure all gone now its process cheap and in manner that achieves that goal. How sad. With this TPP it wont matter what label you buy we will never know where the food comes from or how it is processed.
Yes Sue. The only way to be sure is to buy from the one who plants, or raises it, and even then there’s no guarantee what your getting. All we can do now is to try to be as judicious as possible.
I try very hard (and it does take time and effort) to buy direct from the farmer or from a local mom and pop grocer (whom I trust) who buys direct from the farmer. I try very hard to buy all organic and make everything I eat from scratch or as close to it as I can. This is a lot of work! But I feel that I have no choice anymore, if I want to be assured of health, or the best chance at health. I have cut back on buying other things so that I have some extra money to put towards this type of food consumption. It frustrates me that it is this much work, but our food system that we thought we had, is broken. Thank goodness there are still small organic farmers and a few mom and pop grocers. I’d rather they have my money than any large food corporation. And try to buy food that doesn’t need a label — like meat straight from the butcher/farmer. I’d rather pay more and eat less meat that I know is good quality, than more, cheaper meat that is processed in China and contains who knows what chemicals.
Great article Paul. I’m printing this off to take to the grocery store to remember what not to buy.
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I remember digger showing me this product he had purchased (Don’t remember what it was) and it said up to 40 maggots were allowed per serving. Needless to say, he just made sure it was cooked good! I think it was rice.
😉 Hey Millard. protein is protein, 😆
Hey Paul, you ever eat a worm or a cricket/grasshopper? 😆 Excellent protein sources!
Yep in Survival training. A looooong time ago though. 😆
Hey, it’s eat or die.
Yes sir. Some will definitely die I’m sorry to say.
TSTL. (Too Stupid To Live) These are the ones that will try to kill you and steal your belongings for their own survival.
Agreed Millard.
In grade school we made cookies w/ ground up grasshoppers in them. Well, brought some home, offered them to big sis, she ate them saying MMM good. Told her what was in them, and suddenly they weren’t so good anymore, and she was angry. I thought it was funny.
some people are just spoiled sports Katie. 🙂
Just stroll through Chinatown early in the morning when the restaurants are getting their deliveries and you’ll see the “catch of the day” laying on the sidewalk in the dog urine.
The chinks are pigs, and they definitely do not abide by any American standards of food handling. It’s just part of their culture, and I will NOT be eating any of their food.
It sounds like most of their imports are slated for the processed food industry anyway, and don’t touch that stuff anyway. The Chinks and the Jews BOTH want all of us dead, so you’d be crazy to let them feed you.
Remember the old joke? (or punchline, rather) “Me Chinese. Me play joke. Me put pee-pee in your Coke.”
Well now they’re peeing in your Coke big-time, baby.
Yes, J.R., I’ll pass on the “authentic” Chinese cuisine with the “special sauce”.
“The same with many chickens: They can now be shipped there, but when they come back all that needs to be labeled is that they WERE RAISED IN THE USA. Not that they were processed in China!!!”
This REALLY pisses me off!!! I mostly stopped eating beef years ago due to the RBGH, the pork is full of anti-biotics, the fish is now full of radiation, and I’ve been willing to deal with the arsenic in the chicken… but THIS REALLY SUCKS!!!
There’s almost nothing that’s not toxic or dangerous to some degree anymore. 😡
Yup. 👿 😡
Get your “free range” gig goin’ #1. I got some “free range” birds and critters all over. From ducks and geese to squirrels, rabbits, and partridge. Plenty of ‘possum’ too although I’ve never ate a marsupial.
We’ve got ducks & geese here, but they mostly hang out on the river or it’s banks. I don’t think the neighbors would take too kindly to them being shot in their backyards.
Get some “free range” chickens. Ya ain’t gotta have the Hilton Penthouse neither. They will need something to weather storms in and get that one “homestead cell” they possess to stick around. Kinda like a man’s “toilet aiming cell” if he ain’t “pissed it away” already.
Millard,
Though I’ve never eaten possum, I know many who have.
http://www.tngenweb.org/tntable/possum.htm
http://www.hillbillycrackpot.com/how-to-catch-and-cook-a-possum/
:LOL:
You wouldn’t know this guy who recorded “The Beverly Hillbillies” and would invite me over to watch ‘Granny’ brew up some “possum stew” with “eye of newt”, and buzzard gizzards, uhM, uhM! We get on the last train to Bakeville and laugh like a couple mad men!
😀 😉 😆
Good night, Angel-NYC, I’m nodding off.