TOXIC SEAFOOD WARNING

[dawglover]

I wonder how many of you knew about this. I sure didn't:

[Spartan]

The reporter's final comment, "Chicken for me." is telling. Who knows where that chicken comes from? I don't doubt for a minute that we are competing with foreign imports in all proteins and that few of them are under FDA supervision.

[THEMEANOGRE]

You mean the imported meats don't undergo USDA inspection in order to be brought into the country?

[Spartan]

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You mean the imported meats don't undergo USDA inspection in order to be brought into the country?

As with seafood, only a very small percentage.

Let me make you a little more comfortable. Several years ago I worked in the food processing business and I found the USDA inspectors to be over-committed, underpaid, and totally corrupt. If you did not "take care of them" they would close your production lines on a whim with no recourse. Food quality is 98% dependent on the professionalism of the producer.

[kantwin]

Guess I got two things going for me.
I live in Alabama - one of the few states that tests.
I don't usually eat seafood.
Easy to sit here and say that the solution is also easy - don't import food. Period.
Or, have rules that say that a country that wants to export any product, including food, must also accept an equal amount of that same product as an import to their country.

[CenTexDave]

I have one big thing going for me - I don't like the stuff. lol

[Night Owl]

We will all die from something. Why not seafood.

[THEMEANOGRE]

Bite yer tongue, I'm gonna live ferever, so far, so good!