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Posted on 03/07/2008 7:48:16 PM PST by JACKRUSSELL
I just wish the calamari I ate tonight had an expiration date on it. I think I’m going to be regretting having eaten it for a couple of days.
I always check where seafood comes from on the container. If it doesn’t say, I don’t buy it. If it says “southeast asia”, I don’t buy it. If it says “farm raised” I don’t buy it. I don’t need government intervention, therefore, except if there is misinformation, then I want someone to sue them.
I want origin on every food label.
It would be nice if they would do that for ALL food, not just restaurants. I haven't eaten any seafood since I first heard about all the junk coming out of China. Unfortunately, I don't live close to the ocean so I can't catch my own, or at least know a local market that buys from local fishermen.
Btw, thanks for all the China pings! :o)
Roger that.
On May 13, 2002, President Bush signed into law the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, more commonly known as the 2002 Farm Bill. One of its many initiatives requires country of origin labeling for beef, lamb, pork, fish, perishable agricultural commodities and peanuts. On January 27, 2004, President Bush signed Public Law 108-199 which delays the implementation of mandatory COOL for all covered commodities except wild and farm-raised fish and shellfish until September 30, 2006. On November 10, 2005, President Bush signed Public Law 109-97, which delays the implementation for all covered commodities except wild and farm-raised and shellfish until September 30, 2008. As described in the legislation, program implementation is the responsibility of USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service.
Yeah, they are really concerned about us. -snicker-
God knows what kind of garbage is served in fast food eateries.
No one is forcing you or anyone to buy or eat at any restaurant. If you all believe the liberal media histeria even though none of you including me have ever had a problem then grow your own food, buy organic, or get a garden or farm. Meanwhile I’ll keep shopping at Wal-Mart and those jerks in congress keep writing laws to grow the government and so they can cripple and crack down on and business and citizens.
I once went to a restaurant that had fresh shrimp on the menu. Ordered the shrimp and one bite told me that they had been frozen. I called the manager to come over and asked him to explain why they were serving frozen shrimp when the menu said they used only fresh shrimp. He said, well, those were fresh shrimp when they were frozen, so they were still fresh when they were unfrozen and cooked. I think my next words were something like “Have you always been a complete idiot or do you just think your customers are idiots?”
If the seafood isn’t fresh, it most likely comes from somewhere in asia and I won’t eat it.
If it doesn’t say “Wild Caught” I don’t buy it.
Farm raised can actually be a good thing. I prefer farm raised catfish for example, because the diet is better controlled and the fish don’t eat any old crap off the bottom. The taste of many farm raised fish is much more consistent.
Same goes with frozen meat. It has a weird taste.
I won’t eat farm raised from Asia. That’s the cesspool thing talking. US farm raised I don’t care about.
I recently bought some canned crab and it said it came from the Phillipines - wild caught. I figured they can’t screw that up too badly so I bought it.
All the other seafood I eat is from here or Northern Europe.
Farm raised catfish can be good, but not near as good as channel cat from a river.
I didn’t say anything was. Wild Caught supposedly indicates it’s of American origin, not foreign. (Notice I said suposedly) If it’s catfish, it better be farm raised, cause otherwise, it just tastes dirty and nasty. As one who moved to the South from the Northeast where I was accustomed to good seafood, it’s the thing I miss the most. All we get here is catfish, catfish and more catfish, occasionally some shrimp on the side. It’s depressing. I would give almost anything for a heaping platter of fried scallops!!!! Not from Thailand or wherever....
Any good restaurants I have been to already tell you this some you need to ask, why make it a law? It would also be hard to print on the menu at some restaurants because the best fish available isn’t always the same place every day .
farm raised = raised in filth ( if in a foreign country )
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