Here's today's post from "Sham vs. Wham: The Health Insider." (Google
site for full text).
The problems experienced by Americans and others around the world with
Chinese exports has now reached the US food chain, where inexpensive
farmed fish have been found to contain a number of illegal and
unhealthy ingredients. (Search Sham vs. Wham for "China" for
references to a number of other reported problems with their dietary
supplements, personal care items, toys, etc.)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced it is
blocking the import from China of five species of seafood until their
importers can prove they are not contaminated. Dr. David Acheson, the
agency's assistant commissioner for food protection, stated that "FDA
is initiating an import alert against several species of imported
Chinese farmed seafood because of numerous cases of contamination with
drugs and unsafe food additives."
The species involved here are catfish, eel, shrimp, basa and dace, he
said. (Basa is a fish much like catfish; dace is similar to carp.)
The medications cited include the antimicrobials nitrofuran, malachite
green, gentian violet and fluoroquinolones. These chemicals have been
shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals. In addition, use of
fluoroquinolones in food-producing animals can result in antibiotic
resistance.
None of them is approved for use in farmed seafood in the United
States. For many years now, US seafood farmers have been arguing that
China is undercutting them and producing an inferior product. I
personally think it is time that we went on a "China-free diet" and
ask our grocers where their fish comes from before we purchase it for
our family's consumption.
"FDA is taking this action to protect the public health of the
American people," the FDA representative said. He also admitted that
the products "could cause serious health problems if consumed over a
long period of time."
China is the world's largest producer of farmed fish, accounting for
70 percent of the total produced, he said. It is the third-largest
exporter of farmed fish to the United States. In another piece of news
today, China has been discovered by Brazil to be using fake Brazilian
export certificates for their beef sales, claiming to buyers all over
the world that Chinese beef is from Brazil. Unbelievable . . .
D.
> Here's today's post from "Sham vs. Wham: The Health Insider." (Google
> site for full text).
> The problems experienced by Americans and others around the world with
> Chinese exports has now reached the US food chain, where inexpensive
> farmed fish have been found to contain a number of illegal and
> unhealthy ingredients. (Search Sham vs. Wham for "China" for
> references to a number of other reported problems with their dietary
> supplements, personal care items, toys, etc.)
> The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced it is
> blocking the import from China of five species of seafood until their
> importers can prove they are not contaminated. Dr. David Acheson, the
> agency's assistant commissioner for food protection, stated that "FDA
> is initiating an import alert against several species of imported
> Chinese farmed seafood because of numerous cases of contamination with
> drugs and unsafe food additives."
> The species involved here are catfish, eel, shrimp, basa and dace, he
> said. (Basa is a fish much like catfish; dace is similar to carp.)
> The medications cited include the antimicrobials nitrofuran, malachite
> green, gentian violet and fluoroquinolones. These chemicals have been
> shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals. In addition, use of
> fluoroquinolones in food-producing animals can result in antibiotic
> resistance.
> None of them is approved for use in farmed seafood in the United
> States. For many years now, US seafood farmers have been arguing that
> China is undercutting them and producing an inferior product. I
> personally think it is time that we went on a "China-free diet" and
> ask our grocers where their fish comes from before we purchase it for
> our family's consumption.
> "FDA is taking this action to protect the public health of the
> American people," the FDA representative said. He also admitted that
> the products "could cause serious health problems if consumed over a
> long period of time."
> China is the world's largest producer of farmed fish, accounting for
> 70 percent of the total produced, he said. It is the third-largest
> exporter of farmed fish to the United States. In another piece of news
> today, China has been discovered by Brazil to be using fake Brazilian
> export certificates for their beef sales, claiming to buyers all over
> the world that Chinese beef is from Brazil. Unbelievable . . .
> D.
Hi,
if you ask for alaska salmon, you will automatically get wild salmon,
( not farm raised where food dyes have been added, and less omega 3's)
It is illegal to sell farm raised fish in alaska, at least that is
what I've been told
> if you ask for alaska salmon, you will automatically get wild salmon,
> ( not farm raised where food dyes have been added, and less omega 3's)
> It is illegal to sell farm raised fish in alaska, at least that is
> what I've been told.
Good point Jackie. Unfortunately, we had dinner a couple of months
back and had a great catfish entré. Only later did we find that the
fish was from China, because we know the owner. His supplier only gets
Chinese farmed fish. That will change now, for sure.
D.
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> site for full text).
> The problems experienced by Americans and others around the world with
> Chinese exports has now reached the US food chain, where inexpensive
> farmed fish have been found to contain a number of illegal and
> unhealthy ingredients. (Search Sham vs. Wham for "China" for
> references to a number of other reported problems with their dietary
> supplements, personal care items, toys, etc.)
> The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced it is
> blocking the import from China of five species of seafood until their
> importers can prove they are not contaminated. Dr. David Acheson, the
> agency's assistant commissioner for food protection, stated that "FDA
> is initiating an import alert against several species of imported
> Chinese farmed seafood because of numerous cases of contamination with
> drugs and unsafe food additives."
> The species involved here are catfish, eel, shrimp, basa and dace, he
> said. (Basa is a fish much like catfish; dace is similar to carp.)
> The medications cited include the antimicrobials nitrofuran, malachite
> green, gentian violet and fluoroquinolones. These chemicals have been
> shown to cause cancer in laboratory animals. In addition, use of
> fluoroquinolones in food-producing animals can result in antibiotic
> resistance.
> None of them is approved for use in farmed seafood in the United
> States. For many years now, US seafood farmers have been arguing that
> China is undercutting them and producing an inferior product. I
> personally think it is time that we went on a "China-free diet" and
> ask our grocers where their fish comes from before we purchase it for
> our family's consumption.
> "FDA is taking this action to protect the public health of the
> American people," the FDA representative said. He also admitted that
> the products "could cause serious health problems if consumed over a
> long period of time."
> China is the world's largest producer of farmed fish, accounting for
> 70 percent of the total produced, he said. It is the third-largest
> exporter of farmed fish to the United States. In another piece of news
> today, China has been discovered by Brazil to be using fake Brazilian
> export certificates for their beef sales, claiming to buyers all over
> the world that Chinese beef is from Brazil. Unbelievable . . .
> D.
Hi,