Food from China

I have noticed this also. It's not on everything, but I'm seeing it more and more. I won't eat food from China.

I bought some fresh frozen raspberries and blueberries the other day from a discount club. When I got home the bag stated; product of China and Siberia. (I just didn't notice it at first).

Instead of discarding it, I returned it for a refund. One of these days things will change.

nomar, I volunteer for my local farmers' market. Over the summer, they had a challenge to eat local. Finding it odd, I started paying close attention to where my food comes from.

I was amazed at how many fresh meats are from China! Smithfield, a local pork producer, was bought by a Chinese company. The bakery close to me is Chinese owned. On and on and on.

A coworker recently mentioned that a major bank was bought by a Chinese bank.

I wonder what's going on?

On 12/11/2014 HonnyBrown said:

nomar, I volunteer for my local farmers' market. Over the summer, they had a challenge to eat local. Finding it odd, I started paying close attention to where my food comes from.

I was amazed at how many fresh meats are from China! Smithfield, a local pork producer, was bought by a Chinese company. The bakery close to me is Chinese owned. On and on and on.

A coworker recently mentioned that a major bank was bought by a Chinese bank.

I wonder what's going on?

While I won't intentionally seek out fresh produce from China, I have no problem with some some grocery staples used in Asian recipes that I've bought for years that come from China.

And living near a huge metropolitan area, I am very used to and have no problem with bakeries or restaurants or anything else being owned by the Chinese or any other foreign nationality. I like the diversity it offers.

The Chinese have their economic woes, to be sure, but they have been successful in the past couple decades in terms of foreign investments. I'm not sure why we necessarily fault them for that.

Hi SuzyQ!

I didn't say anyone is at fault; I said I wonder what's going on...big difference!

On 12/11/2014 HonnyBrown said:

nomar, I volunteer for my local farmers' market. Over the summer, they had a challenge to eat local. Finding it odd, I started paying close attention to where my food comes from.

I was amazed at how many fresh meats are from China! Smithfield, a local pork producer, was bought by a Chinese company. The bakery close to me is Chinese owned. On and on and on.

A coworker recently mentioned that a major bank was bought by a Chinese bank.

I wonder what's going on?

I'm wondering how you define food from China. I don't know the facts in your case, but, having a bakery that is Chinese owned does not mean their food comes from China. It is quite possible the bakery food is made locally rather than imported from China. Also the Chinese person who owns that bakery may well be an American citizen.

Our markets were deluged with canned good from China two years ago. Now days, hardly any. Evidently people stopped buying and the store buyers heeded the message.

I won't eat anything I know is made, manufactured or produced in China. HOWEVER, if Chinese people are doing business in this country and abiding by the FDA, I have absolutely no problems with that and have eaten in Asian restaurants a lot.

On 12/11/2014 HonnyBrown said:

nomar, I volunteer for my local farmers' market. Over the summer, they had a challenge to eat local. Finding it odd, I started paying close attention to where my food comes from.

I was amazed at how many fresh meats are from China! Smithfield, a local pork producer, was bought by a Chinese company. The bakery close to me is Chinese owned. On and on and on.

A coworker recently mentioned that a major bank was bought by a Chinese bank.

I wonder what's going on?

China has a booming economy, the number of millionaires there is growing in leaps and bounds and they need to invest there money somewhere.

On 12/12/2014 HonnyBrown said:

Hi SuzyQ!

I didn't say anyone is at fault; I said I wonder what's going on...big difference!

I guess I've read enough posts decrying Chinese investments here and elsewhere that I naturally infer the same from wondering what's going on.