Entries categorized as 'China'
I’ve been gone for the past few day, but this should make up for it.
- Brazilian fishermen illegally net and soffocate 83 dolphins, then proceed to laugh about it - caught on tape. Apperently, dolphin jaws, eyes, and penises are sold for good luck, fortune, and women. Yeah, every time I see a guy eating some ground dolphin penis I can’t help but throw myself at him.
- After a recent flood in China, the country is being overrun by rats. Citizens have been poisoning the burdens, causing unknown harm to the soil and environment. The rat population has grown so extensive they are now being sold as food in live markets.
- Check out this post with 62 uses for vinegar. Granted, not all 62 are veg friendly, but who knew vinegar could relieve jellyfish stings?
- Corn crops and production will cause the largest dead zone ever in the Gulf of Mexico, estimated to reach 8,500 square miles.
- “The National Park Service is cutting down hundreds of acres of trees on the Gettysburg Battlefield to restore historical accuracy.” Since when does accuracy mean destroying nature. Come on now, no one needs to see the exact battlefield that bad.
- Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna was thought to be extinct untill a tribesman told researchers that he just ate one.
Categories: China · animal love · endangered species · food · sustainability · tourists
Bitting back at our refusal to import chinese seafood, China has now blocked import of chicken and pork from two of the largest producers in the U.S., Tyson and Cargill. Both of these companies have been supposedly exporting products with chemicals and bacteria.
Categories: China · food
By now, we’ve all heard about the “Veggie Booty” and “Veggie Tings” recall. The salmonella has been traced to the seasoning, the ingredients of which are primarily imported from China. A press release stated, “Sources of origin on all components of the seasoning have been determined to be primarily from China.” First, the seafood, now this.
Categories: China · food
Government agencies never cease to stupify me.
No seafood may legally be imported from China for fear that the fish may be “on drugs.” The FDA’s ban includes all catfish, eel, and shrimp among others for fear that they may have been treated with antibiotics unapproved for human consumption in the U.S.
That’s funny because certain insecticidal protiens have been deemed unfit for human consumption, yet they are still used as livestock feed. How do these government agencies decide which toxic substances may be sold as food and which can’t? Got me.
In the end, at least there will be less seafood available.
Categories: China · FDA · seafood
