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Breaking: FDA To Detain All China Farm-Raised Catfish, Shrimp And Other Seafood
FOX ^ | 06/28/07 | Unknown

Posted on 06/28/2007 12:07:14 PM PDT by Froufrou

Watch for update.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: boycottchina; foodsafety; foodsupply; hazmat
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To: manic4organic; Jaysun; silverleaf

I’m with you: organic, all the way. Now I’m wondering about all the canned meat products from Argentina, etc. Crap, I may have to go vegan after all. :o(


21 posted on 06/28/2007 12:23:38 PM PDT by Froufrou
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To: technomage; Calpernia; janetgreen; mom4kittys
China, meanwhile, insisted Thursday that the safety of its products was "guaranteed,"

ROFLMBO!

22 posted on 06/28/2007 12:24:15 PM PDT by AuntB (" It takes more than walking across the border to be an American." Duncan Hunter)
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To: CottonBall
Not if we start manufacturing our own products again.

That's why I said that we've got to anticipate and compensate for the unintended consequences. Don't chuck the old system until the new one is up and running.

23 posted on 06/28/2007 12:24:42 PM PDT by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" TERM LIMITS, NOW!)
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To: Froufrou

Great. Thanks FDA for raising the prices at my local fish restaurant. I can’t tell you from the bottom of my heart how much I look forward to more regulation from the federal government to ‘protect’ me.


24 posted on 06/28/2007 12:24:43 PM PDT by billbears (Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. --Santayana)
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To: nw_arizona_granny; MamaDearest

heads up ping...

Going to start buying all my food from local farmers.


25 posted on 06/28/2007 12:25:02 PM PDT by appalachian_dweller (The most dangerous man is the one with nothing to lose.)
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To: PhiKapMom

Ping for some good (but overdue) news


26 posted on 06/28/2007 12:25:11 PM PDT by indcons (Please call and thank Sens. Sessions, DeMint, and Vitter. They deserve our praise and gratitude.)
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To: Badeye; All

The keyword anymore, I think, is “farm-raised” as opposed to the desirable “fresh caught.”


27 posted on 06/28/2007 12:25:52 PM PDT by Froufrou
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To: Badeye
This is starting to get really ugly with Chinese made products across the board.

Agreed. But I'm still wondering as far as food goes, how are we supposed to know where it came from, if distributors don't have to list it? I'll bet there are plenty of these fish in the stores and restaurants already.

28 posted on 06/28/2007 12:25:55 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: Froufrou

Maybe shrimp will get their taste back now. Ever notice how shrimp doesn’t taste as good as it used to 10-15 years ago?


29 posted on 06/28/2007 12:26:16 PM PDT by Vision ("Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him." Jeremiah 17:7)
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To: Froufrou

We need to thank Lou Dobbs for this. He has been harping on it for weeks and weeks.


30 posted on 06/28/2007 12:27:03 PM PDT by texastoo ((((((USA)))))((((((, USA))))))((((((. USA))))))))
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To: Arizona Carolyn; mom4kittys; blam; Salamander; Red Badger; WakeUpAndVote; dirtboy; Overtaxed; ...

31 posted on 06/28/2007 12:29:08 PM PDT by mom4kittys (If velvet could sing, it would sound like Josh Groban)
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To: Froufrou

AWESOME NEWS!!!!


32 posted on 06/28/2007 12:30:18 PM PDT by mom4kittys (If velvet could sing, it would sound like Josh Groban)
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To: Vision; texastoo

I’ve learned that there are many kinds of shrimp and they all taste different.

I’m happy to thank Dobbs or anyone else that keeps the tainted stuff off the market! All there stuff is a load of junk, and most of it stinks [smells bad, literally.]


33 posted on 06/28/2007 12:31:52 PM PDT by Froufrou
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To: technomage
China, meanwhile, insisted Thursday that the safety of its products was "guaranteed,"

Unless you need to feed your dog, cat, or brush your teeth. In which case your taking your chances.

L

34 posted on 06/28/2007 12:32:44 PM PDT by Lurker (Comparing moderate islam to extremist islam is like comparing small pox to ebola.)
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To: technomage

The antibiotics are given to kill diseases these farm-raised fish contract in the filthy overcrowded pens they’re raised in. I saw pictures on some tv show—the fish don’t have room to swim and the water is nearly opaque with fish feces. Parasites abound. Germs and bacteria infest every fish.

It’s not only China. Other Asian countries raise fish this way. Mexico, South America, lots of places are breeding diseased fish. Universities all over the world are looking for cures for the virulent diseases that spread throughout fish farms. Not only are farmed fish diseased, but so are wild fish that swim nearby. In pristine waters off Chile, “Atlantic” salmon has been imported and raised in fish farms. The Atlantic fish brought diseases and parasites unknown in the Pacific waters and wild fish are dying off.

It’s a huge mess in the oceans.


35 posted on 06/28/2007 12:32:57 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: indcons

Thank you for the update! I went through my freezer last week and threw out a lot of seafood I had bought at Walmart not realizing it came from China when I bought it. Now I check everything frozen because I had no idea any store was buying seafood from another country.


36 posted on 06/28/2007 12:33:46 PM PDT by PhiKapMom ( Inhofe for Senate 08 -- Broken Glass Republican -- vote out the RATs in 2008)
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To: billbears

I’m under the impression that it would take something really bad for the FDA to ban food from the Most Favored Nation.


37 posted on 06/28/2007 12:34:38 PM PDT by stevio ((NRA))
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To: Wolfie
The FDA’s in for a big State Dept. smackdown.

Oh no, not a strongly worded letter of condemnation. Those are bummers, man.

38 posted on 06/28/2007 12:34:41 PM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: Froufrou
Breaking: FDA To Detain All China Farm-Raised Catfish, Shrimp And Other Seafood

Detain? Where, at Gitmo?
39 posted on 06/28/2007 12:35:05 PM PDT by HaveHadEnough
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To: The KG9 Kid

Better call Forest Gump and tell him to get more boats in the water!


40 posted on 06/28/2007 12:36:13 PM PDT by BlueStateRefugee
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