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In reply to the discussion: US to ship chicken to China and then China to ship it back... [View all]Aerows
(39,961 posts)13. I hope to heaven
there will be a label of some sort, because a "____ food" isn't really food, just approximating the fact that it is food.
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And the new Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement TPTB are working on would open the floodgates...
truebrit71
Sep 2013
#12
It's shipped frozen, silly. (though that's lipstick on a pig at this point)
kestrel91316
Sep 2013
#8
So, does that mean shipped to China frozen, thawed, processed and re-frozen for shipping back to us?
Arkansas Granny
Sep 2013
#28
And we can rest assured that all of this thawing, processing and re-freezing
Arkansas Granny
Sep 2013
#65
will McDonalds and the other fast food joints be buying these Chinese chicken nuggets?
Larkspur
Sep 2013
#6
Makes me glad I don't eat meat anymore (although I am sad, because I love chicken).
kestrel91316
Sep 2013
#7
It's so freakin' ridiculous the way we deal with food. HOW can this be the ideal arrangement?
arcane1
Sep 2013
#15
Chicka the China, the Chinese Chicken. You have a drumstick and your brain keeps tickin.
Happyhippychick
Sep 2013
#24
"Consumers will have no way to tell if those chicken nuggets were processed in China."
jsr
Sep 2013
#26
It's cheaper to ship it across the Pacific TWICE rather than meet safety regulations here...
Demo_Chris
Sep 2013
#27
Just part of the the WTO trade agreements developed by neocons in the Raygun administration.
fasttense
Sep 2013
#34
We have GOT to make it more expensive to chug stuff over the largest ocean on the planet.
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2013
#37
Just got back from Asia... And got the worst food poisoning you can imagine.
grahamhgreen
Sep 2013
#39
This is a serious problem, China's lack of regulation presents a huge threat to food safety.
DrewFlorida
Sep 2013
#83