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US store chain cuts sales of food from China
Yahoo News ^ | Feb 12, 08 | Staff

Posted on 02/12/2008 6:29:09 PM PST by Michael_Michaelangelo

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US grocery chain Trader Joe's said Monday it would stop selling food imported from China due to customers' concerns about the products' safety.

"Our customers have voiced concerns about products from this region and we have listened," Trader Joe's spokeswoman Alison Mochizuki said in a statement.

"All single ingredient food items sourced from mainland China are scheduled to be out of our stores by April 1," she said.

"We will continue to source products from other regions until our customers feel as confident as we do about the quality and safety of Chinese products."

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; commies; communism; communist; communistchina; cool; cosco; foodsafety; foodsupply; grocery; madeinchina; mao; redchina; slavery; slavetrade; toxicchina; trade; traderjoes
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To: AFreeBird
Black Opal at around $5~$7 at the grocery is pretty good.

Damn, I meant Black Swan. I told you I was lousy with names.

41 posted on 02/12/2008 7:09:05 PM PST by AFreeBird (No Romney, No Rudy, No McLame, No Huck, No Paul! Toss the GOP into the ashcan of History.)
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To: 3D-JOY

I thought some of the mandarin oranges I’ve bought were from Spain. I’ll check next time I can but I’m sure I saw that.

We live near the largest Wegman’s in the chain, and they’re renovating it, adding even more stuff, and it’s ALWAYS mobbed.

Funny thing is, some of the stuff I like the best I can’t find there. I find it at TOPS instead.


42 posted on 02/12/2008 7:09:56 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: mylife

I found that sesame oil is the thing that gives the most authentic Chinese restaurant flavor to home made.


43 posted on 02/12/2008 7:10:46 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: mylife

What is Sriracha? Never heard of it and I do a fair amount of Chinese cooking. I have some good cookbooks.


44 posted on 02/12/2008 7:11:54 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: metmom

Yeah, I like the toasted sesame oil. Just a “little bit”


45 posted on 02/12/2008 7:12:02 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Sender

I’ll have to look for that.


46 posted on 02/12/2008 7:12:45 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: PAR35
All single ingredient food items sourced from mainland China So they'll continue to sell Chinese food as long as they can hide it in something else.

I don't think there's much they can do about it, at least not easily. The problem is that almost all prepared foods are likely to have at least some Chinese ingredients, and there's no way of telling. It might be added in some third country, or by a supplier, but it won't be on the label.

Until the government gets serious about this, it's a real problem.

47 posted on 02/12/2008 7:12:50 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: cripplecreek

Sorry, do to the libs in congress, our breadbasket is to busy growing corn for fuel to be concerned with food. Import more form china. We don’t have enough melamine in our food now. China will provide it.


48 posted on 02/12/2008 7:13:38 PM PST by american_ranger (Never ever use DirecTV)
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To: PAR35

>>>>”All single ingredient food items sourced from mainland China

What the heck is a “single ingredient food item”? Poisoned dog food has more than one ingredient. So do candies made with date rape drugs. I suppose the fish grown in black mucky ponds loaded with thousands (millions?) of human contraceptive pills might be “single ingredient”.

Recently I bought a bag of spicey peanuts “sourced” from Singapore (not from Trader Joe’s though). I checked very carefully. Wasn’t until I got home that I found they teeny weeny type “Product Of China”. To the trashcan they went.

TJ’s needs to be a bit less obtuse with this policy. Something like “We don’t sell foods with ingredients from China.” Period.


49 posted on 02/12/2008 7:15:23 PM PST by angkor
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To: metmom
Sriracha
50 posted on 02/12/2008 7:16:03 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: AFreeBird

Rick Shaw, OTOH, will be off TJ’s shelves come April 1.


51 posted on 02/12/2008 7:16:44 PM PST by informavoracious
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To: Mr. Mojo

Tell them what that jar of Jam said about the equipment it was made on. LOL! Seems like other customers have noticed too. It will be interesting to see if they pull all the Jam.


52 posted on 02/12/2008 7:17:26 PM PST by NRA2BFree ("The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves!")
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To: Peanut Gallery

ping


53 posted on 02/12/2008 7:18:21 PM PST by Professional Engineer (www.pinupsforvets.com --- In other news, K7UGA, what a dude.)
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To: Michael_Michaelangelo
I want food labeled so there is no guessing about quality.
Yes, I'll pay the extra damn penny. Geez.
54 posted on 02/12/2008 7:19:28 PM PST by MaxMax (I need a life after politics)
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To: cripplecreek

For anyone in the NY State area, New Hope Mills sells grain products only from the US and their pancake mixes don’t have preservatives in them. They’ve fought NYS on this and won.

Their store is located in Auburn, NY, not far from the Thruway if anyone ever wants to stop by there.


55 posted on 02/12/2008 7:19:47 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: cmsgop

Tsing-Tao? Of all the beers of the world!? Try the Brouczech, a classical Czech Pilsener, available at Trader Joes at a very reasonable price.


56 posted on 02/12/2008 7:20:09 PM PST by tarator
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To: angkor
What the heck is a “single ingredient food item

Shrimp comes to mind. It's about the only one I can think of off the top of my head.

TJ’s needs to be a bit less obtuse with this policy. Something like “We don’t sell foods with ingredients from China

But that would impact the bottom line. You don't expect a big company to actually put money at risk as part of a campaign to hoodwink the customers, do you?

57 posted on 02/12/2008 7:20:54 PM PST by PAR35
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To: Michael_Michaelangelo

I read about this in their newsletter back in November.


58 posted on 02/12/2008 7:21:10 PM PST by television is just wrong
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To: metmom

Poor description in the previous post.

Huy fong sauces were started by a Vietnamese refugee in San Diego.

I have read that Sriracha is now the best selling condiment in the world.


59 posted on 02/12/2008 7:21:26 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

MMMMMMMMMM!!!!!! Buffalo wings....with Buffalo pizza. Just about manna from heaven.

Man, all of a sudden, I’m getting hungry....


60 posted on 02/12/2008 7:21:56 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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