"Sarah Gray" > wrote in message
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> "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...


At least here, there are some "knowns". Farmers can't get their hands on
banned pesticides (pretty much), and due to increasing interest in
integrated pest management concepts, abuses aren't as much a concern as in
places like China and Latin America.