Posted on 10/04/2017 5:42:54 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
NKorean workers prep seafood going to US stores, restaurants
By TIM SULLIVAN, HYUNG-JIN KIM AND MARTHA MENDOZA
HUNCHUN, China (AP) — The workers wake up each morning on metal bunk beds in fluorescent-lit Chinese dormitories, North Koreans outsourced by their government to process seafood that ends up in American stores and homes.
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This means Americans buying salmon for dinner at Walmart or ALDI may inadvertently have subsidized the North Korean government as it builds its nuclear weapons program, an AP investigation has found. Their purchases may also have supported what the United States calls “modern day slavery” — even if the jobs are highly coveted by North Koreans.
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TASTY! Can I have what Warmbier was having?
Thanks for the heads up
This requires an Executive Order!
My daughter lived in S Korea an has been to China. She said that if you saw the condition of the water from which the wild caught fish are taken, you would not eat them.
After she told me, I have never purchased any seafood marked as having come via China. Which is about 90% of what is in Kroger.
Not me. If it doesn’t say “wild caught” and “USA” I don’t buy it or order it in a restaurant.
I get wild caught Atlantic from Whole Foods or whatever.
I don’t think they have China fish.
China is prepping a lot/most of our poultry and seafood.
The Fishin’ Company said it cut its ties with Hunchun processors and got its last shipment this summer, but seafood can remain in the supply chain for more than a year. Owners of both companies said they were very concerned about the North Korean laborers, and planned to investigate.
Often the seafood arrives in generic packaging, but some was already branded in China with familiar names like Walmart or Sea Queen, a seafood brand sold exclusively at ALDI supermarkets, which has 1,600 stores across 35 states. There’s no way to say where a particular package ends up, nor what percentage of the factories’ products wind up in the U.S.
The Fishin’ Company said it cut its ties with Hunchun processors and got its last shipment this summer, but seafood can remain in the supply chain for more than a year. Owners of both companies said they were very concerned about the North Korean laborers, and planned to investigate.
Often the seafood arrives in generic packaging, but some was already branded in China with familiar names like Walmart or Sea Queen, a seafood brand sold exclusively at ALDI supermarkets, which has 1,600 stores across 35 states. There’s no way to say where a particular package ends up, nor what percentage of the factories’ products wind up in the U.S.
Diarrhea Alert!
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