Made in China. Fish?

 
Once in while I will buy fish in the store. I really prefer my own caught but if it is a good price I will get it just for something different. Our local store ran an ad for salmon and tilapia and it was a pretty good price. When I went to purchase, to my surprise I found it was grown and packaged in China . The first thought  that came to my mind was ya right am I crazy -these people not to long ago poisoned our pets with their pet food and now they want me to eat their fish. Needless to say I did not buy and decided to do a little research on this subject.

According to the New York Times China has transferred into one of the biggest producers and exporters of seafood to the United States-Their environmental conditions for these fish are just horrid-they include pesticides, illegal veterinary drugs that are mixed into the fish feed which leaves carcinogenic residues in the seafood. According to one Chinese fish farmer the New York times quoted Him as saying “Our waters here are filthy,” Steps are being taken to tighten up the regulations on Chinese fish farmers/Would you trust your Life with this? You decide.

If you would like to know more on this subject the New York Times has run an eight part series on this.

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!