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A third or more of all the honey consumed in the U.S. is likely to have been smuggled in from China and may be tainted with illegal antibiotics and heavy metals. A Food Safety News investigation has documented that millions of pounds of honey banned as unsafe in dozens of countries are being imported and sold here in record quantities.
That's because nobody has our backs at the USDA and FDA. And the buying public is woefully uninformed.
I buy my honey from apiaries. And ONLY from apiaries.
And it's the same thing with every other food item. You really have to be Mulder and Scully these days. "Trust no one." My beef, for instance, comes from a ranch that's half a day's drive away from my front door. I've seen their operation. I approve. Same thing with just about everything else I buy. And as much as possible, we raise and grow it myself. Even here in the desert. We have chickens. We grow vegetables.
Hey, at least we have the Internet so it is at least possible to learn what's going on when it comes to tainted food products, CAFOs, and the other disgusting trends in American food importation and production. Problem is, there are a lot of "tin-foil hat" types who sail the bitstream, looking for kindred whack-jobs. So it is important to verify everything.
It is almost better to be blissfully ignorant about food in America. Once someone starts down that particular rabbit hole, it is a one-way trip. Some things cannot be unseen.
To be fair, the USDA and FDA are under constant political assault. They are constantly impregnanted with management that is friends with big business. If big business can't get their way, they'll just lobby with millions of dollars to repbulican senators that will starve the FDA and USDA financially.
People laugh at the organic food movement and scoff at paying higher prices, well you get what you pay for. At least some people in this country are taking proactive measures to protect our food from contamination as well as preserve the biodiversity and flavors of our food.
What else is new??
Lots of food and food additives is banned in EU and other ( even second and third world countries ) but approved here in the US. And less than 2% of imported food is inspected...
I guess sick citizens are good for the economy.
I buy honey from a local farm, and barring that, I make sure it's at least coming from a farm in Texas. Whether or not it helps with allergies remains to be seen...
Of course, that doesn't mean that I'm getting US honey when I'm eating in a restaurant. Scary stuff. I guess that's another reason to eat out less and buy less processed crap.
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