Interesting supply chain if true. Fish are flash-frozen, then transported to China for processing by NORK slave-labor, packaged, then shipped back to US.
Posted on 10/07/2017 8:55:24 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
US Customs vows to block imports of seafood and goods from North Korea workers
POSTED 10:11 AM, OCTOBER 6, 2017, BY WQAD DIGITAL TEAM
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it is ready to block U.S. imports of seafood — as well as any other goods — produced by North Korean laborers who work in China.
An Associated Press investigation tracked salmon, squid and cod processed by North Koreans working at Chinese factories and shipped to American stores, including Walmart and ALDI. The North Korean workers found in Chinese factories aren’t allowed to leave, and receive only a fraction of their pay — most goes straight to the North Korean state. This means that American consumers buying seafood labeled “Caught in the USA, Processed in China” may inadvertently be subsidizing the government of Kim Jong Un as it builds nuclear weapons, and also supporting forced labor.
(Excerpt) Read more at wqad.com ...
How does this work? Fish caught in U.S. is shipped to China for processing?
Interesting supply chain if true. Fish are flash-frozen, then transported to China for processing by NORK slave-labor, packaged, then shipped back to US.
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/nw-salmon-sent-to-china-before-reaching-us-tables/
...ish processors in the Northwest, including Seattle-based Trident Seafoods, are sending part of their catch of Alaskan salmon or Dungeness crab to China to be filleted or de-shelled before returning to U.S. tables...
Back in the ‘90s I believe it was cheaper for food chains to buy potatoes grown in China that potatoes grown in Idaho ...
Ain’t communism wonderful ???
SLAVE TRADE
Heck, the packaged smoked and sliced salmon is loaded by hand after smoking, but a machine does the slicing, depositing on the gold cardboard, and vacuum packing.
At least the NYC smoked stuff is.
Strict environmental regulations perhaps? Used to be that Alaskan buyers in Ketchican would process their fish and pump the waste out into the bay in what we called ‘bubble ups’ sea gulls and eagles loved them. But I never saw that method of disposal with Seattle based buyers -
The rest of us have to pay so the wackos can feel good about themselves
Unionized jobs in the Pacific Northwest...exported.
How many of those ships were financed by loans and/or guarantees backed by a Federal agency?
Funny, what are the loan covenants covering operation of the vessel, after considering the good folks in the USA provided generous financing.
Love!
Ugh!!! I don’t want to eat anything processed in China...by any worker.
NORK Slave Labor is cheaper than Mexican Illegal Labor... (both groups supported by white liberal elites who don’t give a damn about our country...)
The solution? Politically destroy the White Liberal Elite base....
I massively avoid fish and shrimp from China and Vietnam. It isn’t worth the risk.
To get decent seafood and US Catfish, you have to really look hard these days.
Slave labor
I get my fish from the Cleveland Chinese markets. The live Tilapia swim in big tanks, and you pick out which ones you want. They are farmed in Erie Pa.. They carry lots of fresh fish from the Great Lakes, Walleye, Lake Trout, Salmon, etc.. Never buy frozen!
I stopped eating salmon a few years ago. I didn’t know about Dungeness crab, but then I don’t think I’ve ever had it.
Thanks for the link.
Agreed.
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