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Thanks To Buckwheat - China Chickens

Mike

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(RNN) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture granted approval for China, a country with a questionable food safety record, to process poultry that will be imported for consumption in America.

The New York Times reported a limited amount of poultry will be slaughtered in the U.S. and Canada, shipped overseas to four approved plants and shipped back stateside.

Because USDA rules do not require labels for food that has been cooked, consumers will not know if their poultry has been processed domestically or abroad.

"China's 'national condition' has already seemingly had a harmful effect on its poultry - and on U.S. consumers unlucky enough to have bought it for their pets," Bloomberg writer Adam Minter said.

Minter's reference was to a Food and Drug Administration investigation that linked Chinese meat in jerky treats as the cause of death for hundreds of pets and the illness of thousands more.

There are common occurrences of avian influenza (bird flu) in the country, and 20,000 birds from a popular market were killed in June after a virus strain discovered in Shanghai killed six people.

A three-month investigation by Chinese state security that ended earlier this year led to the arrest of more than 900 people for using meat from rats, foxes and mink and selling it off as lamb in food markets.

This decision by the USDA follows a contentious proposal to sell Smithfield Foods to a major Chinese food processor.

The meat trade between the two countries has been contentious since 2003. China banned imports of U.S. beef for concerns of mad cow disease, and Congress followed that by blocking the import of Chinese poultry.
 

Steve

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considering our unemployment rate and China's poor record on food safety this is a terrible decision...
 

Faster horses

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It could be that China made this mandatory..."or else"... :?
There you have it folks, we can't stand up to them, so our government joins them.
Bowing will be next.

AGHHHHHHHHH!! :mad:
 

Steve

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Bowing will be next.

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oops sorry that was just a poor joke..

this one is better ..

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Steve

Well-known member
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The audit reports expected to be made public Friday show that the Chinese processing plants passed U.S. Department of Agriculture inspections performed in March

According to the audit, at first, China will only be able to process chicken that has been slaughtered in the U.S. or other certified countries.

does anyone else see another small problem with this...

we can send USDA inspectors to China to inspect Chinese plants.. yet,..

Meat Inspector Furloughs Would Be One Day a Week, USDA Official Says

Meat packers could be forced to close one day a week under the Agriculture Department’s unfolding plan to address the sequester’s budget cuts.

Elisabeth Hagen, the department’s undersecretary for food safety, said Wednesday it looks as though there will be 11 days of unpaid leave required to meet the across-the-board budget cuts that went into effect March 1. The Office of Management and Budget estimates the Food Safety and Inspection Service will have to cut $52.8 million in fiscal 2013 spending. The one-day-a-week furloughs probably will start in mid-July and continue through Sept. 30.

Agriculture officials have rejected rolling furloughs that would allow some inspectors to remain on the job and slaughterhouses in different regions to remain open, Hagen told the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee. Hagen said department officials believe the nationwide approach would treat all regions and markets equitably.

yep just don't cut any in China..
 
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