6/29 [fishy, eh ;)]UPDATE to: The China Syndrome: Bargain Basement Price = Tainted Love Now it’s sewage & pollution-fighting but definitely-Banned carcinogenic antifungals found in the Catfish, Eel, Tilapia, Shrimp, Basa, Dace Carp & Clams in the 18% of our total Fish imports that come from China.
Okay, okay, okay! -Turns out it was Leucomalachite Green, Gentian Violet & Pals and NOT the old standby “Soylent Green”
As far as improving aquatic food safety in the future, it’s Important to note: Vice-General Manager Wei Shouzhu sez, “We can bypass evade flout flummox prevaricate hornswaggle and generally bone meet any U.S. standard ,because we have pricing power and US producers don’t.”
The real problems of-course come from the fact that the largest & probably-most-influential single exporter of fish & seafood to the US is China. Oversight & inspection isn’t as good as it should be. And many operations are small and in developing-areas where many types of health-standards aren’t nearly as high as any normal consumer might like.
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Photo Credits:
chinese money, by Eugene Nickolayevky
Dory & Nemo, by Disney/Pixar
Links:
UsaToday-Contaminated Fish
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