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Next time you are in the supermarket to walk over to your fresh fish dept.
Look at that fish. If it is not processed (spiced and breaded) then you will see Country of Origin.
You really want to buy catfish "farm raised" from China ?
Fresh shrimp raised in China ?
This is a country that allowed melamine to get into baby formula.
This is a country that allowed toothpaste to be made with anti freeze.
This is a country that exported gluten laced with melamine that killed thousands of pets (kidney failure).
You probably already are. Isn't some of our chicken sent to China for "processing'?
Big Ag probably owns half the members of our government.
Starting with the head of the FDA, Tom Vilsack, who passed pretty much anything Monsanto wanted passed while Governor of Iowa, and has continued to do so as head of the FDA. Heck, Monsanto, Dow and others in BigAg and BigPharma actually write a good chunk of legislation.
Hate to say it, but this is a battle we can't win.
Starting with the head of the FDA, Tom Vilsack, who passed pretty much anything Monsanto wanted passed while Governor of Iowa, and has continued to do so as head of the FDA. Heck, Monsanto, Dow and others in BigAg and BigPharma actually write a good chunk of legislation.
Hate to say it, but this is a battle we can't win.
I agree. The pressure and financial threats are coming from outside of the US.
If we don't do it we will suffer financially.
Don't buy it. Only buy locally sourced food. Consider eating lower on the food chain.
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