"JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote in
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> "Naztazia" > wrote in message
> news:e0b71712-b79f-4116-93a9-458b181f9e15
@s19g2000prg.googlegroups.com.
> ..
>>I was ready to make ginger snap cookies this evening and a friend
>> tells me that most ginger is grown in China. I said get out of town.
>> So I call up McC spices and sure enough, their powdered ginger is
>> indeed grown in China. Apparently even "fresh" ginger in my grocery
>> store is too. To top it off, my friend said there was a big recall
>> back in July because of pesticides used on ginger products from China
>> (nausea, headaches, etc).
>>
>> Am I being paranoid, or should I just go ahead and make the cookies.
>> I have nothing against China per se, just their food track record
>> isn't so hot...
>>
>> TIA, Naz
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> Our government inspects a tiny fraction of the food entering this
> country. So, using stuff from China or anywhere else is a roll of the
> dice.
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Frankly, given the actual insepction rate of many food products made
here in the US, maybe we shouldn't eat anything at all...