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DEL.ICIO.USHave foodborne disease outbreaks changed what you eat?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In the last year, such everyday food as peanut butter, spinach, lettuce, tomatoes and now snack food (Robert’s Veggie Booty) has been linked to large outbreaks of foodborne illness. Pet food has been implicated in a massive outbreak of illness, too. And the FDA recently announced that some Chinese seafood products (shrimp, catfish/basa, eel and dace, a carp-like fish) would have to be proven safe before they were allowed into the United States.
Are there food products you don’t buy anymore because of concerns over their safety? Have these outbreaks changed the way you shop, even if you still purchase foods in these categories?
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By lucky
July 13, 2007 5:47 PM | Link to this
You bet it has changed what I buy and what I look for in labelling. I just buried my second beloved cat thanks to Chinese imports.
We don’t have a level playing field because of imported ingredients which are added to food products manufactured here. I try to buy as much unprocessed food as I can but worry what they are feeding that chicken or cow prior to slaughter. We are eating a lot of lamb imported from Australia and New Zealand, because I believe they have better standards than we do here.
China will take over our country without firing a shot - they are slowly poisoning us. They started with our pets so we would not have all those animals running around while we are on our way out.