Sunday, June 1, 2014

Filthy Fish on Your Plate?




The United States is bound by two oceans and a gulf, and has many thousands of lakes, rivers and streams, yet we import 91% of our seafood. Why? Worse only about 1 percent is inspected and only 0.1% is tested for banned drug residues according to the US Government Accountability Office. Filthy fish products may contain dirt, insect fragments, and rodent hair according to News21 (journalism program at Arizona State University).

Even though the United States is richly bound and blessed with waterways and fish sources we are ranked 13th in the world and have a $10.4 billion trade deficit...and it is growing. Again and again where is our leadership on this? We should be consuming 91% of are OWN fish, not importing it. And, we should make darn sure it is well inspected, clean, and healthy.

The next time you sit down and have some seafood think about what you are eating! There is a high probability that you will be eating un-inspected seafood from China. Are you comfortable with that? 

More will be written later about ALL of our food sources and why we import with such rich farmlands in America.




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