Tangentially related. Grocery shopping last nite. Looked at the origin of their frozen fish. All from China. Left it on the shelf. Have to find another source for fish.
Sourcing non-Chinese products will be rough for a while, and prices must rise somewhat with the end of their slave-labor products, but what a U.S. manufacturing explosion it will be!
I do the same always checking the origin of the fish. If it is from China, I don’t bother. The only fish I can find that is in the US is Cod and Wild Halibut.
I always check. China has far inferior QC, sanitary and safety controls, I try to avoid ALL food from China. Cans, bags or boxes...
It sucks, hard to find salmon and mackerel frozen or in cans too, that are not from China. But I did find Chicken of the Sea canned salmon was from Thailand, not quite as bad, and Beach Cliff sardines from Poland. Not one canned fish I can find is from the US. Hopefully new trade deals will change that.
The downside is it will be more expensive, primarily due to unions. Which is why most companies dropped US manufacturing to begin with...union strikes for more pay, price goes up. Consumers buy less...union strikes again...
I’m getting away from everything, food or not, with China on the label. Been trying for years...just always inferior quality.
There are all sorts of strange rules about which foods must have a country of origin and which ones are not allowed to list it. Right now I wouldn't trust a fortune cookie made in China.
Anyone been to Walmart lately? Ours not taking cash at many of their self registers here.
“Left it on the shelf. Have to find another source for fish.”
Pseudo-tinfoil thoughts from me, but I wonder if China is behind all of the stupid regulations involved with fishing for grouper. I can’t believe that anyone could call that species “endangered”.
Check out distributors in south Louisiana or anywhere along the Gulf Coast.