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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) quietly announced on Aug. 29 that it has lifted the ban on processed poultry imports from China.
As the New York Times first reported, the products will be offered without a country-of-origin label. The chickens will still be raised in the U.S., Canada or Chile (the only countries approved by the USDA), but can be processed in China because USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) auditors have approved four Chinese poultry plants to start exporting processed poultry to the U.S.
No more chicken for me.Chickens raised in the USA and Canada can now be slaughtered in those countries, then sent to China to be processed, and returned here for domestic consumption, all without labeling their country of origin as anything but the US or Canada.
Ain't that a great idea, though? Kill the birds, then send them half way around the world to be processed in a country that doesn't have to put up with the pesky health inspectors from the USA, but don't tell consumers where the final product came from.
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Chicken is now going the way of fish, which come from Vietnam and are fed human waste.
China's export methodology is to start out with very good products and then after a period of time, to start saving money by enormously decreasing the quality. Which is why when you break tools or bolts, you often find cold joints.
One's imagination can run wild with what the Chinese will do to save money on raising exported chickens.
I wish we had some sort of elected body that would protect Americans from sub-standard foreign imports.
Chickens raised in the USA and Canada can now be slaughtered in those countries, then sent to China to be processed, and returned here for domestic consumption, all without labeling their country of origin as anything but the US or Canada.
Ain't that a great idea, though? Kill the birds, then send them half way around the world to be processed in a country that doesn't have to put up with the pesky health inspectors from the USA, but don't tell consumers where the final product came from.
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Chickens raised in the USA and Canada can now be slaughtered in those countries, then sent to China to be processed, and returned here for domestic consumption, all without labeling their country of origin as anything but the US or Canada.
Ain't that a great idea, though? Kill the birds, then send them half way around the world to be processed in a country that doesn't have to put up with the pesky health inspectors from the USA, but don't tell consumers where the final product came from.
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Chickens raised in the USA and Canada can now be slaughtered in those countries, then sent to China to be processed, and returned here for domestic consumption, all without labeling their country of origin as anything but the US or Canada.
Ain't that a great idea, though? Kill the birds, then send them half way around the world to be processed in a country that doesn't have to put up with the pesky health inspectors from the USA, but don't tell consumers where the final product came from.
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Chickens raised in the USA and Canada can now be slaughtered in those countries, then sent to China to be processed, and returned here for domestic consumption, all without labeling their country of origin as anything but the US or Canada.
Ain't that a great idea, though? Kill the birds, then send them half way around the world to be processed in a country that doesn't have to put up with the pesky health inspectors from the USA, but don't tell consumers where the final product came from.
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No more chicken for me.
We might just start raising our own.
By the way, WTF is wrong with these people?
[edit] lizzie beat me to it. Great minds, lizzie.
With all the subsidies we give to farming coYou'rporations, you'd think at least we could eat our OWN food products instead of importing them from overseas.
a country that doesn't have to put up with the pesky health inspectors from the USA
I seriously have been planning to do it, and this could very well be the catalyst. Chickens processed in the US are filthy enough. I can't imagine how much worse it will be when this happens.
You'd think so, but apparently, the Chinese need the jobs more than we do. (sarcasm)
what does that tell you? how is it cheaper to ship a chicken half way around the world kill it and send it back and make money doing so. we need to look at what makes it cheaper to do just that
You don't get it, do you? The reason for this is to help keep American jobs. The trade-off is that we keep the Chinese market open to American chicken exports.
So what are we planning to do with all the processors here? Put them into management positions?
Well, I guess it's about time to build that chicken house I've been thinking about, and start raising/killing/collecting my own food. Seriously.
With all the subsidies we give to farming corporations, you'd think at least we could eat our OWN food products instead of importing them from overseas.
They should be cheap enough!
You don't get it, do you? The reason for this is to help keep American jobs. The trade-off is that we keep the Chinese market open to American chicken exports.
You don't get it, do you? The reason for this is to help keep American jobs. The trade-off is that we keep the Chinese market open to American chicken exports.
Then, let's require a label to be prominently displayed reading "processed in China." Let the consumer decide.
Then, let's require a label to be prominently displayed reading "processed in China." Let the consumer decide.
Well, I guess it's about time to build that chicken house I've been thinking about, and start raising/killing/collecting my own food. Seriously.
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