http://www.nytimes.c...to-us.html?_r=0
Thoughts?
Why is there no labeling requirement on processed food?
"And because the poultry will be processed, it will not require country-of-origin labeling. Nor will consumers eating chicken noodle soup from a can or chicken nuggets in a fast-food restaurant know if the chicken came from Chinese processing plants."
I think that is what disturbs me more than anything else. I know where my apples came from, why doesn't the company have to tell me where my processed chicken came from? Of course they could just say they are American/Canadian chickens:
"After that, the U.S.D.A. then audited Chinese processing plants, giving its approval for them to process raw birds from the United States and Canada.
Under the new rules, the Chinese facilities will verify that cooked products exported to the United States came from American or Canadian birds. So no U.S.D.A. inspector will be present in the plants."
Oh that's good so just because the chickens origionated in the USA/Canada we dont' need inspectors because they must be safe to eat just because of their origonal nationality??? Seriously? I want to check those chickens passports!
Merle