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truebrit71

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2. As if the ammonia-laced pink slime they used wasn't gross enough...

Wed Sep 4, 2013, 01:56 PM

Sep 2013

...now this...

As an aside...they can afford to ship dead chickens' overseas and then re-import them, but they can't pay a living wage to the folks that sell this toxic shit here?

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US to ship chicken to China and then China to ship it back... [View all] cynatnite Sep 2013 OP

Ewww... avaistheone1 Sep 2013 #1

DO THEY GET FREQUENT FRYER MILES? Bennyboy Sep 2013 #64

DUZY DebJ Sep 2013 #76

As if the ammonia-laced pink slime they used wasn't gross enough... truebrit71 Sep 2013 #2

It has reached the point of absurdity hasn't it? Harmony Blue Sep 2013 #4

And the new Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement TPTB are working on would open the floodgates... truebrit71 Sep 2013 #12

I would much rather eat the pink slime Jenoch Sep 2013 #58

I try to avoid made in China sharp_stick Sep 2013 #3

The only way to be sure anymore arikara Sep 2013 #25

How about "Made in You Don't Want to Know" KansDem Sep 2013 #54

That's what frightens me the most sharp_stick Sep 2013 #75

WTF makes makes some think this makes any sense? liberal N proud Sep 2013 #5

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

Yup. n/t progressoid Sep 2013 #30

Just what I want in my chicken - frozen countless times. liberal N proud Sep 2013 #33

That's what I figured. And no inspections. What a yummy idea! Arkansas Granny Sep 2013 #35

parapapapa, I'm lovin' it. progressoid Sep 2013 #36

Yep. Delicious, huh? kestrel91316 Sep 2013 #56

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 isn't chicken though Aerows Sep 2013 #11

I wouldn't eat them Aerows Sep 2013 #9

I've never been able to stomach cheese food either Sheepshank Sep 2013 #78

Brace yourselves for TPP.... HooptieWagon Sep 2013 #10

I hope to heaven Aerows Sep 2013 #13

AFAIK, labelling would be prohibited. HooptieWagon Sep 2013 #20

Meet the new boss. nt awoke_in_2003 Sep 2013 #40

^^^Yup... truebrit71 Sep 2013 #14

You don't even have to wait for that sharp_stick Sep 2013 #17

Oh goody!! truebrit71 Sep 2013 #18

It's so freakin' ridiculous the way we deal with food. HOW can this be the ideal arrangement? arcane1 Sep 2013 #15

To what end? progressoid Sep 2013 #31

It is the ideal arrangement... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2013 #42

About "ideal arrangement": the question is not HOW but FOR WHO? JHB Sep 2013 #55

Empty cargo ships going back to China anyway jberryhill Sep 2013 #79

That's true. I worked for a container ship company for 9 years... arcane1 Sep 2013 #81

The chicken meat might as well ship as "ballast" jberryhill Sep 2013 #85

Sounds yummy! City Lights Sep 2013 #16

And how can shipping things half way around the world twice be cheaper sinkingfeeling Sep 2013 #19

Talk about a waste of energy! City Lights Sep 2013 #22

ERMAGERD! CHINA!!!!1 bobclark86 Sep 2013 #21

You won't know if they are serving it. progressoid Sep 2013 #32

China has zero problems with killing its own citizens... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2013 #43

"an ounce of prevention" cprise Sep 2013 #48

plus plastic-tainted milk, plus lead-tainted rice... DetlefK Sep 2013 #23

Chicka the China, the Chinese Chicken. You have a drumstick and your brain keeps tickin. Happyhippychick Sep 2013 #24

LOL! LuvNewcastle Sep 2013 #73

"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

Factory farms wanna put their diseases in you Blue Owl Sep 2013 #29

Just part of the the WTO trade agreements developed by neocons in the Raygun administration. fasttense Sep 2013 #34

And pushed by the likes... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2013 #44

That really says it all right there. nt Doremus Sep 2013 #51

NAFTA was already signed off by daddy bush fasttense Sep 2013 #66

Clinton could have stood on principle... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2013 #68

We have GOT to make it more expensive to chug stuff over the largest ocean on the planet. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #37

Yet another good reason to cook your own food from SheilaT Sep 2013 #38

Just got back from Asia... And got the worst food poisoning you can imagine. grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #39

I'd sooner eat insects I raised myself than a "chicken nugget." hunter Sep 2013 #41

File this one under 'Labor' cprise Sep 2013 #45

I'll have a McBird Flu sandwich, please and an order of thrice-frozen fries! LongTomH Sep 2013 #46

The food industry is committing xfundy Sep 2013 #47

What are you .. chicken? cvoogt Sep 2013 #49

that tears it florida08 Sep 2013 #50

I don't care! At long as it meets my bliss point and has mouth appeal... KansDem Sep 2013 #52

Labor prices are cheaper, but the real profit comes from NutjobMichele Sep 2013 #53

More poison from China - compliments of the Obama administration. MotherPetrie Sep 2013 #57

We don't eat chicken in nugget form. This will only reaffirm that decision. Jenoch Sep 2013 #59

If you can, stop eating that shit! DeSwiss Sep 2013 #60

how about dhol82 Sep 2013 #61

Heh. Benton D Struckcheon Sep 2013 #62

What is going on with the OK of food shipped from China? life long demo Sep 2013 #63

I saw some Alaskan Cod on sale Mnpaul Sep 2013 #67

Well Duh. It's cheaper that way. Read below. Beausoir Sep 2013 #69

Not In This Lifetime! Change has come Sep 2013 #70

I don't know how much more of this I can take... grillo7 Sep 2013 #71

The inmates run the asylum upi402 Sep 2013 #72

I am beginning to believe that our country is trying to kill us emsimon33 Sep 2013 #74

Corporate-Industrial "food" is some stanky ugly suspect crapola Berlum Sep 2013 #77

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2013 #80

We've lost our collective mind. CrispyQ Sep 2013 #82

This is a serious problem, China's lack of regulation presents a huge threat to food safety. DrewFlorida Sep 2013 #83

I don't eat that crap already... WCGreen Sep 2013 #84