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To: fella
This and that article on chicken coming in from China that I read yesterday are pretty scary.

At the end of August, the Obama administration quietly decided to start allowing Chinese poultry processors to ship processed chicken into the United States.

Tilapia and cod are raised in ponds and dosed with antibiotics and growth hormones. Imported Chinese apple juice reportedly contains three times the federal limit for arsenic in water. U.S. inspectors have also found tainted mushrooms and garlic.

The European Union reported that China shipped potatoes infested with insects, ginger laced with salmonella, pumpkin seeds containing glass chips and frozen calamari contaminated by arsenic to Europe last year.

USDA officials halted imports of Chinese shrimp, eel, catfish and carp in 2007 because of high levels of illegal antibiotics and chemicals. Three years later, officials seized thousands of pounds of Chinese honey after finding illegal antibiotics. And this year, more than 500 dogs and a handful of cats died after eating jerky treats made of chicken, according to an investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

There's also that tainted dog food and baby formula...

37 posted on 01/01/2014 7:37:06 PM PST by Bon of Babble (Don't want to brag...but I can still fit into the earrings I wore in high school!!)
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To: Bon of Babble
Forgot the link:

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/now-that-obama-is-allowing-chicken-from-china-what-will-that-do-to-the-chicken-industry

38 posted on 01/01/2014 7:37:46 PM PST by Bon of Babble (Don't want to brag...but I can still fit into the earrings I wore in high school!!)
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To: Bon of Babble

I make my own doggie treats these days. They love baby carrots. I dry apples and sweet potatoes for them as well as turkey.


40 posted on 01/01/2014 7:44:01 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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