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BobRossi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 07:17 PM
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Bumble Bee crabmeat comes from China
My wife picked up some canned crabmeat for a dish the other day, I was shocked to read on the can that it came from Chia.
What the fuck is with corporate America that they don't support the American worker?
We will not be purchasing any more of Bumble Bee's products.
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DesertFlower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 07:23 PM
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1. appalling, isn't it?
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williesgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 07:25 PM
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2. Agree w/the worker issue, plus what else could be in it besides crabmeat. Just looked but don't
have a can of their tuna. Anyone else have one that can check to see where it's made. We need to get the word out for safety and jobs issues. thanks for posting. rec'd
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DesertFlower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 07:31 PM
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4. i looked. it says san diego.
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 07:31 PM
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5. Probably melamine.
I miss the old days when all we had to worry about was FD&C Red #2 in our M&Ms.
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 07:25 PM
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3. I was eating some seasoned pumpkin seed kernels and on the back it said...
Ingredients: Pumpkin seeds (Product of China), salt....etc

I was like, WTF? Don't we even grow enough pumpkins in the US?
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SoCalNative Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 07:38 PM
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6. Of course we don't
The corporate agriculture industry allows land to lie fallow and outsources to foreign countries because it is cheaper and more profitable for them.
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Submariner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 07:43 PM
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7. Bumble Bee product of Trinidad and Tobago
is the labeling on my BB in the vacuum packed pouches. You got me nervous, I had to check.
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NV Whino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 08:29 PM
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8. China has crabs?
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sarcasmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 08:40 PM
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9. Thanks for this, some of the Dole Sliced peaches come from China too.
Most of them are from Greece, but it sure is hard eating them knowing they are from China.
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Fireweed247 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 09:19 PM
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10. What was she making?
We have a huge bag of King Crab taking up the freezer and I am not sure what to do with it all.
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-21-08 09:22 PM
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11. don't worry- the fda has said that mercury isn't that bad for us after all...
Edited on Sun Dec-21-08 09:26 PM by QuestionAll
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=4696396&mesg_id=4696396

and btw- just for the record, reese brand canned crabmeat is a product of malaysia.
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