Was your "chicken" processed in China?

[Aerows]

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/will-you-know-when-your-chicken-is-from-china-96753.html

I'm just going to let that linger.

[OhioChick]

1. You'll never know, no labeling

[Aerows]

2. Considering the 46 year old chicken

the artificial "beef", melamine in milk and every other sordid practice ... shouldn't we be alarmed by this?

[OhioChick]

5. We sure as hell should be

I know that I am.

[Aerows]

6. This crap will be circulating in our food supply for decades

and there will be God only knows what in it. I don't think I'll be eating anymore chicken sandwiches for about ... ever.

[OhioChick]

19. Many don't think that it will affect them

Therein lies the problem, as it will eventually.

As you mentioned, kid's school lunches, Meals on Wheels, hospital/nursing home food, etc.

[Aerows]

24. Exactly

And this will taint the food supply for a long time. It's disgusting.

[Brickbat]

3. I don't buy cooked chicken products, so the answer is no.

Also:

But consumers can rest easy that the chicken served to them today is not yet from China, and it probably won’t be for some time. Even with the USDA allowing Chinese-processed chicken to be imported in the U.S., few U.S. companies are expected to take advantage.

None of the National Chicken Council’s members have expressed an interest yet in processing their chicken in China because “the logistics are complicated and the profits are limited,” said Bill Roenigk, senior vice president and chief economist for the trade association.

“There are ways, given the current laws, that the Chinese-processed chicken would lose its identity,” Roenigk conceded. “But we’re talking about a limited amount [of product].”

Still, important to keep an eye on, of course.

[Aerows]

7. It will still enter our food supply

and taint it for decades. Institutions are going to be the hardest hit ... like school children, hospitals and elder care facilities.

[msongs]

4. don't eat the things so not revelevant in our household :-) nt

[Aerows]

10. Lucky for you :) n/t

[MoonRiver]

8. GO VEG!!

[Aerows]

9. Not everyone can

I can't. I tried, but I am prone to anemia, so red meat is a necessity.

[MoonRiver]

12. Well eating eggs and fish is a good compromise.

Sorry about your anemia.

[Aerows]

14. Trust me, I've tried

I need protein.

[MoonRiver]

15. Well, eggs and fish are complete proteins.

I'm not questioning you, but, for your sake as well as the animals', I hope, at least, you are eating organic free range meat.

[Aerows]

17. I drink a lot of milk

and yes, I do free-range if possible.

[RebelOne]

28. Ditto. n/t

[NuclearDem]

29. +1

No meat, dairy, or egg for me, thanks.

[wandy]

11. I guess that depends on what 'processed' means............

If it means 'nuggets', breded 'cutlets', or canned it won't be a problem. Don't touch the stuff.
If 'processed' means cut up, fresh or frozen, chicken will go the way of shrimp. Too risky to bother with.

Bad mental image....
Boat load of live chickens sent off from somewhere in Georgia, ferried through the Panama canal to be chopped up and frozen in China.

[Aerows]

13. It will be cooked

but the definition of cooked is kind of fluid.

[DeschutesRiver]

41. I put chicken on my "do not eat unless local and i know the grower" list when i read this earlier

I also went to a neighbor who sells pork to a local grocer and bought a hog for my freezer. And we have raised our own beef for the last decade and i know exactly what they ate and how they were treated.

Until i find a similar source for chicken, no chicken. After my dogs were affected by the 2007 chinese melamine food issues, i have no problem changing course as needed. i can only manage risk not eliminate it, but i won't ever knowingly put any family member thru that again. Goes for veggies and well, everything else.

[piratefish08]

16. my chicken was raised and processed 100 feet from my front door.

we moved to the country to raise our own meat and vegetables 2 years ago.


I truly wish everyone could do the same.......

[uppityperson]

38. It is good to know and be involved with your food.

I wish everyone were able to be so too.

[RevStPatrick]

18. Oh, Free-Market Capitalism, you had such promise!

Too bad you turned out to be such a douche-nugget.
Hey... that's kind of like a chicken mcnugget!
A Chinese chicken mcnugget!!

But really, Free-Market Capitalism, people are really starting to turn their backs on you, when feasible.
You've become the ugly 800 pound gorilla in the room, and people are tired of the smell of shit that emanates from your every pore. You had a nice run, but your days are numbered...

[NYC_SKP]

20. If this goes through...

Then I hope that domestic processors will vigorously promote their product.

Unfortunately, domestic and Chinese processing companies will be one in the same.

[Aerows]

21. You won't know

because labeling will not be required. And as for going through, it's a done deal.

[NYC_SKP]

23. Will have to look for small scale locally produced vendors

And restaurants that pledge to use domestic product.

While we can't make Chinese chicken be labled we CAN allow domestic chicken to advertise proudly!

[Aerows]

27. I hope so!

This is a bad thing because you know it will be foisted off on institutions where some of our most vulnerable are - children, the elderly, and those incarcerated.

[closeupready]

22. We used to have live poultry markets around here.

Gentrification led to them moving elsewhere, but that's where I'd often go to get my chicken.

[Aerows]

25. This is alarming to me

considering some of the stories coming out of China about their food supply. Once ours gets tainted, you really can't go back .

[closeupready]

30. I know what you mean.

On the one hand, it would be nice to live in a world where you didn't need to be discerning as to food or restaurants, etc.

But on the other hand, the reality is that we do live in such a world. I always look at labels, I eschew fake chemical-ly ingredients, anything produced or processed in China (when discernable; if no indication is given, I just won't buy it, period), buy organic if possible.

It can be a time-consuming process, but there is no alternative. Kind of makes the traditional Italian passion for locally grown and handmade foodstuffs seem sensible.

[Aerows]

32. My fear is not for the chickens processed in Chinese plants

necessarily, it's for whatever the Chinese plants ship back to our most vulnerable citizens, including our elderly, our children and those that have no choice in what they eat.

I know I'm repeating myself, but it scares me that this will enter our food supply.

[RebelOne]

26. Wouldn't know and don't care. I'm a vegetarian. n/t

[Aerows]

35. I'm headed that direction

but I have problems with anemia, so I can't do so easily. News like this, however, makes me not want to eat chicken.

[KamaAina]

31. ...

[Aerows]

33. Pretty much. n/t

[Aerows]

34. I'm just as speechless. n/t

[Art_from_Ark]

36. So,

"...for starters, Chinese-processed chicken will be allowed to skip the ‘Product of China’ label in several instances because the country of origin labeling law, or “COOL,” does not regulate cooked meat — and at least for now, the U.S. does not import raw chicken raised and/or slaughtered in China."

And yet, whenever I visit the US from Japan, I'm not allowed to bring with me any Japanese meat product, including heat-and-serve curry that has just the tiniest bit of meat in it...

[Aerows]

37. Yes, you have that correctly

You can't bring a handful of meat into the US, but China can now ship it back to us after it has been "processed".

[sandandsea]

39. USDA says introducing Chinese chicken meat is the next step

This whole thing was cooked up to open the Chinese market to U.S. chicken and beef imports. The Chinese want us to reciprocate and allow Chinese chickens into the US. Smithfield, largest US pork producer, was just bought by China. If you don't want this alarming trend to get exponentially worse write your Congressman. Some are already complaining but requiring annual inspections is MEANINGLESS.

[gopiscrap]

42. Welcome to DU

[Cooley Hurd]

48. Hey!

Is it REALLY you, sandnsea???

[NYC_SKP]

49. Damn. I missed that pizza.

SMH

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=126302

[hunter]

40. Stop interfering with my business plan!

I'm going to buy nutria captured in Louisiana with a generous government subsidy, send their fat rat corpses to China where they will be turned into "chicken" nuggets and "mink" fur coats.

PROFIT! It's the free market, baby! $$$



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[Aerows]

45. The raccoons in my back yard are probably tasty

Some folk'll lose a toe some folk'ln't
Some folk'll eat a skunk
Like Cletus the Slack-jawed yokel.

[Liberal_in_LA]

43. i read that China processes our apple juice, we grow the apples, ship them to China for processing

Weird

[Aerows]

44. You have to wonder

why in the hell does this happen, and why is it more economical?

[madinmaryland]

46. Depends on whether they use corn flakes or ...

[Aerows]

47. I know... they were serving them in Olive Garden

breast feeding them, and then a pit bull started smoking.

Sigh.

This is a serious issue.

[Rex]

50. Thank you for bringing this to our attention!

I had NO IDEA until I saw your postings on this the other day! Simply amazing and really turning me off to chicken. I will be way more careful to make sure I know where the poultry is coming from!

You deserve a big thanks for bringing this to light, THIS is the kind of news we need to know!