Cheap poisoned food additives a reason for trade tariffs...

[LeftHander]

China sells ingredients and additives cheap. U.S. food manufacturers always looking to increase profit with packaging and cutting the actual "food" with inexpensive filler and more or less inert ingredients have caused huge demand.

China responds buy cutting their own already cheap ingredients with even cheaper ingredients that end up poisoning the "plastic junk" food on our grocer's shelves.

They did it with pet food to see how it will work...pet food is like the R&D for people food. Highly processed mish mash of ingredients engineered to barely fulfill basic nutrition, packed and heavily marketed.

Had we had proper trade tariffs our own local growers would benefit and our nations laws would of applied in the monitoring of food additives.

Now we are finding out that we are "Dying for Profit"......


thanks.

[havocmom]

1. Most of the US budget for DOD and the REAL risk we face is our food sources

Been yammering about it for years. America is NOT SECURE unless our food sources are safe.

Shop at local farmers' markets whenever possible. Support local food growers. The corporation is about to serve up soylant green.

[JitterbugPerfume]

2. All the more reason to buy local

and grow your own food

I realise this is next to impossible for a lot of people, and organic is way to expensive, but the closer you buy to fresh even in the super market the better off you are.

[CountAllVotes]

3. K&R

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[sharp_stick]

4. China has had problems with "food" poisoning for years

Over 400 people died last year because of tainted food in China. The amount of fake food, medicine and alcohol over there is astounding and the Government looks the other way because they are nicely paid off. The corruption in their system makes ours look like heaven. I'm surprised it took this long for something to make it over here, they probably thought that because it was animal feed it may go unnoticed.

[Jim Warren]

5. Combine that with

predatory global capitalism and the problems of local provincial graft become enormous.

[LeftHander]

7. Indeed we can;t prevent capitalists from capitalizing....

on cheap raw materials...that endanger our health and weaken our economy.

I think congress need to act now to minimize the risk to our food industry...

That risk comes not from terrorists...but right wing free market capitalists who put profit and personal gain above reason.

THAT is the true moral issue we face. GREED.

[CountAllVotes]

6. multiply X1,000++++

and you might have a more accurate figure. Only 400 people in a county with a pop. of a billion? I don't believe it, not for one f'n second!

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[kestrel91316]

8. Buy local. Buy local. Buy local. Buy local. Buy local. Buy local.

[mhatrw]

12. The problem is that most of us can't tell what's local.

Even at "local farmers' markets" there is a lot of giant agribusiness, Mexican, South American and Asian produce. Packaged goods don't state the origin of any of their ingredients. Most meat doesn't disclose its origin, and even "name brand" ranches don't typically disclose the origin of their feed.

[kestrel91316]

17. Time for consumers to start using their power and demanding labeling

of country of origin on ALL produce, meat/dairy, and staple ingredients on grocery shelves.

If you are buying lots of processed foods, well, I don't have any suggestions other than to STOP.

[mhatrw]

9. We need a Full Disclosure of the Origin of Ingredients Act.

We also need to punitively penalize imports with any record of contamination or adulteration for the full cost of full domestic inspections. We need to show zero tolerance for compromising our food chain.

[Selatius]

10. Ultimately, if gas becomes more and more expensive, people will be forced to buy food locally

Because it will become increasingly expensive to ship food over longer distances vs. shorter distances. The infrastructure, as it stands, cannot survive forever in a world of ever-rising gas prices.

[Critters2]

11. localharvest.org nt

[loudsue]

15. WOW!! I just went to that website! I had no idea there were so many

organic farms so close to where I live! (Way out in the boondocks! )

Thanks for the link!

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[Blue State Blues]

16. Thank you for the link nt

[formercia]

13. Tariffs means we pay more for the same poison

The criminals will still import it and the Chinese gangsters will cut it even more to make up for the tariff.

It needs to be banned unless proven otherwise safe.

[Socal31]

14. Speaking of...

I wish we had an idea what the hell chemicals were in our "Natural Flavors" and "Natural Colors." Read "Fast food Naion", and you will realize we have NO F****** idea what we are consuming.

[newyawker99]

18. Hi Socal31!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast: