Check what you are actually eating.....

Thought you needed to have a look at this. Well worth checking what you have!!!

BAD  FOOD....  This  is sickening - and dangerous!!!     This was shown on  “60 Minutes” a few weeks ago.  Disgusting  !'Starkist' Tuna is now  owned by Korea, and is in big conflict with the U.S.  concerning quality, safety, and records - which Korea  refuses to provide. 
There have been several  articles on Google about this, and even one that was  defending the eating of tilapia said to avoid the fish that  came from China.  Also, I had just returned home from  buying Albertson's 4-day special of 4 bags of frozen tilapia  for the price of one.  Sure enough, on the top of the  bags, it read "farm raised", and on the bottom in small  print it said, "China "
Recently, a Food inspector  on TV, said he had lived overseas and he had seen the filthy  conditions their foods are raised and processed in.  It  is enough to make you violently ill.  Some foreign  workers have to wear masks as they work in these places,  because the food is so rotten and filthy, it makes them want  to throw up.  Many of their fish on Fish Farms are fed  RAW SEWAGE daily.  He said he has seen so much filth  throughout their food growing and processing that he would  "never" eat any of it.  They raise this filth, put some  food colouring and some flavourings on it, then they ship it  to the USA  Canada & Australia for YOU to consume  and feed to YOUR families.  They have no Food &  Safety Inspectors. They ship it to you to buy and poison  your families and friends... they don't  care! Imported food we eat and the junk we  buy:-
Green Giant frozen  vegetables are from China, and so are most of Europe's  Best.Arctic Gardens are  Okay. So is Birdseye - (but check the label). Most frozen  vegetables from New Zealand are actually produced in  China.
Never buy the grocery store garlic unless it  is clearly marked from USA, Canada, or Australia; the other  stuff is grown in people poop (even worse than chicken  poop).
China is the largest  producer of garlic in the world, U.S. is next.
Buy  only local honey - much honey is shipped in huge containers  from China and re-packed here.
Cold-FX is grown and  packed in China and is full of fecal bacteria.  Doesn't  work anyway, big scam. If the country of  origin is not clearly marked, beware.
If produce, ask an  employee... but they probably can't tell you.
Watch  out for packages which state "prepared for", "packed by", or  "imported by".  I don't understand the lack of  mandatory labelling, especially the produce.
The  country of origin should be clearly shown on the item in the  store.  I go to the local farmers' markets in season  and keep a wary eye open the rest of the year.
Please  read this very carefully, and read to the very bottom.   It's important for all of us.
How is it possible to  ship food from China cheaper than having it produced in the  U.S., Canada, or Australia?
Beware, Costco sells  canned peaches and pears in a plastic jar that come from  China. Aldi's asparagus is from China too.

 

I know we don't have some of these retail giants in WA yet but not sure what is in East.

ALL "HIGH LINER"  AND MOST OTHER FROZEN FISH PRODUCTS COME FROM CHINA OR  INDONESIA. THE PACKAGE MAY SAY "PACIFIC SALMON" ON THE  FRONT, BUT LOOK FOR THE SMALL PRINT.  MOST OF THESE  PRODUCTS COME FROM FISH FARMS IN THE ORIENT WHERE THERE ARE  NO REGULATIONS ON WHAT IS FED TO THESE  FISH.

Recently, an article by the Canadian Government  told how Chinese feed the fish: They suspend chicken wire  crates over the fish ponds, and the fish feed on chicken  s--t.  If you search the internet about what the  Chinese feed their fish, you'll be alarmed; e.g., growth  hormones, expired anti-biotics from humans.  Never buy  any type of fish or shellfish that comes from these  countries:- Vietnam, China, or the Philippines.

 

I have a friend who came from Vietnam. He advised me that a lot of 'fresh' and frozen fish in Australian majoor food suppliers is imported from Vietnam....."never buy or eat this fish....it is full of mercury" my friend told me.

Simply look on the  bottom of every product you buy, and if it says 'Made in  China' or 'PRC' (and that now includes Hong Kong), simply  choose another product, or none at all.

 

For your own health IMO.

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@paintsew007 wrote:

 

 

For the life of me I cannot understand why our Government won't/can't see the HUGE possibilities with irrigating parts of our desert country to grow food. No pests, fresh food, employment, no imports and if we grew more than we needed we could export.

We can tap into deep water aquifers out there......it can be done at not a huge cost.


It is not a lack of growers in Australia. We can grow more than what our population needs. It's the Giant Supermarket chains that won't pay for the healthy food our farmers and fishermen can produce. Growers are going broke and digginf fruit and vegetables back into the ground, because of the greed of the Giant Supermarkets. It's ll about mega profits, and shareholders in those companies are just as bad. Nothing much the Government can do about it.

 

But we can make a difference with concious and selective shopping.

 

Erica

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Why don't the growers advertise and do business DIRECT with say, a co-op representing consumers....then we could buy direct from growers thru a co-op....so that we can do away with the middlemen?

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A great idea, Paints, but there may be legalities involved and the Big Guns will find a way to squash it. Although I think it is worth a try. Needs some young, energetic person to start the ball rolling. I would try if I was at least 30 years younger.

 

Erica

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don't know why my post above turned out blank but here's what it was meant to say:

 

We don't even need to irrigate deserts, we have plenty of fertile land to grow enough to feed Australia, with plenty left over for export.

 

Farmers ploughed their produce into the ground in the early 90's thanks to the Hawke/Keating open border free trade lower tariffs policy.

 

We should put tariffs back into place to ensure food sovereignty for Australia.

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@paintsew007 wrote:

 

 

For the life of me I cannot understand why our Government won't/can't see the HUGE possibilities with irrigating parts of our desert country to grow food. No pests, fresh food, employment, no imports and if we grew more than we needed we could export.

We can tap into deep water aquifers out there......it can be done at not a huge cost.


Actually if you were honestly educated into the LNP policies you would see that there is something called the Northern Plan and that is exactly what they are going to do.. irrigate the northern parts, harvest water for this irrigation and make the Northern part of the country the food bowl. 

 

It is a huge factor into the reason the the LNP was elected up here because they made a policy of not forgetting us. 

 

http://www.liberal.org.au/2030-vision-developing-northern-australia

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 I read all labels.  It takes me 2 hours to shop for just 2 of us!

 

Very angry at last week's shop - no australian rice to be had anywhere!

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I had race up to the shop last night to buy a can of tomato soup for my bolognese.

 

After I picked up and Edgell and a Heinz (NZ) and put them back I found a Campbells (Aus) which hade AUSTRALIAN MADE in big print across the front. I looks like Aus companies are trading in on the new found loyalty of the Aus consumer. Good on em.

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@catsnknots wrote:

@paintsew007 wrote:

 

 

For the life of me I cannot understand why our Government won't/can't see the HUGE possibilities with irrigating parts of our desert country to grow food. No pests, fresh food, employment, no imports and if we grew more than we needed we could export.

We can tap into deep water aquifers out there......it can be done at not a huge cost.


Actually if you were honestly educated into the LNP policies you would see that there is something called the Northern Plan and that is exactly what they are going to do.. irrigate the northern parts, harvest water for this irrigation and make the Northern part of the country the food bowl. 

 

It is a huge factor into the reason the the LNP was elected up here because they made a policy of not forgetting us. 

 

http://www.liberal.org.au/2030-vision-developing-northern-australia


We don't need to set up special tax haven zones for people to grow food. There are plenty of rural areas in which to grow crops already.  What needs to change is the culture of looking at price above quality and the culture which allows and encourages giants to bully the small players into selling their products at or below cost.

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I had race up to the shop last night to buy a can of tomato soup for my bolognese.

 

After I picked up and Edgell and a Heinz (NZ) and put them back I found a Campbells (Aus) which hade AUSTRALIAN MADE in big print across the front. I looks like Aus companies are trading in on the new found loyalty of the Aus consumer. Good on em.


Whilst I plaud the fact that you buy Aussie made -

 

a can of tomato soup for my bolognese - Ewwww

 

(insert title of thread here....)

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@imastawka wrote:

@icyfroth wrote:

I had race up to the shop last night to buy a can of tomato soup for my bolognese.

 

After I picked up and Edgell and a Heinz (NZ) and put them back I found a Campbells (Aus) which hade AUSTRALIAN MADE in big print across the front. I looks like Aus companies are trading in on the new found loyalty of the Aus consumer. Good on em.


Whilst I plaud the fact that you buy Aussie made -

 

a can of tomato soup for my bolognese - Ewwww

 

(insert title of thread here....)


eeeee..ew at your misguided condescension

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