Seafood imports from China raised in untreated sewage -treated with dangerous drugs, chemicals

World Net Daily ^ | 06-04-2007

[slappyTmonkey]

Many of the products used are banned in the U.S. Traces of these drugs have been showing up increasingly in imports – especially from China.

"In addition to potentially making people sick, overuse of such drugs is contributing to antibiotic resistance, a growing public health concern in a variety of foods," says Food & Water Watch in its report "Import Alert: Government Fails Consumers, Falls Short on Seafood Inspections."

But the grave news on China's seafood exports is worsened by the FDA's inability to inspect imports. The percentage of important seafood shipments with samples taken for laboratory inspection has decreased over

[Buckeye McFrog]

my local supermarket had a great scale running on frozen fish. It was clearly labeled “Made in China”. I threw it back.

[theymakemesick]

"And we trade with them...because? Help me out here..."

Because BJ gave them "most favored nation" trading status.

[keepitreal]

“If you eat it and you drop dead, then your seafood came from China.”

Thanks for the reassurance!

To all thanks for the heads up on the vegetables. I’m going to have to spend more time reading the fine print.

[sweetiepiezer]

Thanks for posting.