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What U Eat

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Now we're getting poisoned by fish from China. Is anybody concerned there is no requirement to state the country of origin of fish we eat?
 
Quite often, you don't know what's in your food, irrespective of which country it comes from, unless there are specific checks made. A lot of stuff is imported, and even wild caught fish contains toxins.

For example, the midwife told my partner she was not to eat any shark, marlin, or TUNA, because they are all highly contaminated with mercury and other heavy metals like cadmium etc. This is common practice for this advice to be given during a pregnancy.
 
Could you give us a link so we can figure out what you're talking about? I searched Google news and didn't find anything about contaminated fish from China. Just some concerns that farmed fish grown in the US may have been fed food contaminated with melamine, like in the recent pet food scandal. But apparently those fears are unfounded.

EDIT: Oops, I should have looked a little further down the page. Is this what you're talking about?

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/05/chinese_seafood.html
 
The fact that we eat from a "global" market is scary for me too...

Even though I'm a vegetaian...

I heard something on the radio just last week about food shipments from China...

My recollection of the numbers might be slightly off...

But the point is still valid...

They said that Incoming food from China = about 10,000 containers a month...

OF THAT -- The FDA inspects approx 90...

OF THOSE 90 -- approx 50 get rejected and SHIPPED BACK TO CHINA!!!

THIS IS SCARY...
 
Well, there's a reason China has an 11% annual growth rate in their economy, and it isn't because they have the same consumer protections we do!

But you know, there are plenty of ways to get sick from food produced anywhere in the world -- even raw spinach from California! So it just depends on how much you like to worry about things you really can't control.
 
I think what we should do is, anytime a food product coming from China is found to be tainted, a hefty fine should be levied against the Chinese government -- not the producer of the food. They'd start cracking down pretty quick.

Bootleg DVD's is one thing -- but poisonous food? We shouldn't mess around with that shit.
 
To me, when mighty Wal-Mart starts pulling food off their shelves nationwide without being forced to, it's time to wake up.
 
There was an hour-long show on "ON POINT" yesterday (Monday 21 May) talking about contaminated and poisonous Chinese food. Quite educational, and quite scary. It can be found in their audio archives.

This is audio (radio), not video. It appears on some non-commercial )Public) radio stations.
 
Wasn't the toxic pet food linked to a company in China? I'll bet a lot of people have suffered symptoms from toxins in food but didn't realize what it was. I'm afraid to eat shellfish. An algae bloom called a "red tide" sometimes makes fish toxic in my area.
 
- Well it doesn't need to come from a specific place to be poisoned.

- Almost everything we eat these days has a long term secondary effect.

- All kinds of food is dangerous in exaggerated amount (even plain water).

Hey, but don't panic!

Watchout what you buy, wash and cook properly, eat at the same hours everyday and you'll be fine.
 
anemieasy said:
To me, when mighty Wal-Mart starts pulling food off their shelves nationwide without being forced to, it's time to wake up.
Click to expand...

Seriously...we know that they would only do it if it was more financially risky to keep it on the shelves. They have shown us time and time again that they are willing to do illegal things to increase profits based on whether the fines would be less than the profits made from doing it. That is all that really matters to that company.
 
Fish, especially coldwater fish, is extremely nutritious. The benefits of the omega-3s, vitamin D and high quality protein greatly outweigh the risk of pollutants. Just vary the types of fish.
 
Meh, tainted food is good for you! Builds up the immune system! ;)

Personally, I don't buy frozen fish, I don't shop at WalMart, and I live in a place that has so much fresh fish from nearby water that I don't really worry about it in restaurants... I have a rule about eating fish in any place that lacks a coastline. I suppose I ought to check the side of the box of Gorton's fish sticks, the only kind of fish I eat that isn't immediately recognizeable.

But then, I don't really care. I eat medium-rare beef all the time, I'm not picky about how well-prepared my chicken is, and I kept on eating spinach when that was supposedly tainted, too. I really don't think it's worth worrying myself about.

But I think the main point is that you have to be willing to pay more for quality products. The only reason the Chinese imports are proliferating all over the place is because people want their stuff cheap. I figure that there's a reason "generic whitefish" (there is no such creature) is cheaper than a pound of visibly fresh salmon with the name of a local fishery on it. And if a restaurant serves all of its fish breaded and deep-fried, you have to wonder why you're not allowed to look at the fish in the nude.

When people stop eating this kind of fish in droves, there will be changes. Economic boycott is immensely useful if you get enough people involved, and a media-induced panic will usually do it... just ask Wendy's about their loss of sales when that woman claimed to find a finger in her chili.
 
well if I ate fish I'd really like to know where they came from, particular wheather they came from the east of the country or the west of the country.
The irish sea is after all they most radioactive in the world.
Doesn't china have a huge mercury problem in it's water?
 
I don't eat fish all that often because I live in a land-locked state (IN) and good quality, truly fresh fish is not common and breathtakingly expensive. I love it when I eat it, though. There are a couple of restaurants about an hour away that fly their stuff in each day, but $$$$!

At the grocery store where I shop (a subsidiary of Kroger) all of the fish has a very prominent sticker on the package that tells its origin. I'm not sure how comforting that is since I don't know anything about the condition of the waters in Honduras.

And like slobone said, ALL incoming food should be inspected. And I agree with fining whatever government for the bad stuff. Problem is, our government is so beholdin' to to companies that make BILLIONS off selling substandard crap from China or wherever to all of us whiny Americans who want everything for nothing.

I prefer food that doesn't come from an underdeveloped country - primarily because there is usually little or no quality control system there and even less inspection of it here.

Don't get me wrong. I like a good deal, too. But it's not a good deal if it poisons you or supports exploitative labor practices. And where can we shop for clothing and normal household stuff that doesn't come from China, Bangladesh, or Pakistan??? It's very frustrating. Even the so-called 'high-end' stores get their stuff from developing countries.

I won't insist that everything I buy be "Made in the USA." Canada, Australia, and the EU have as good or better processes and labor conditions than we do. I would gladly pay extra for things (especially food) from any of these places.
 
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