Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:42:03 -0500, flitterbit >
> wrote:
>
>> sf wrote:
>>> On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 13:14:59 -0800 (PST), Naztazia
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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...
>>>>
>>> Ginger? Lemme tell you that most of the commercial garlic around here
>>> is from China. Why China and not South America or Mexico, I dunno....
>>> but it's from China - so ask before you buy.
>>>
>>>
>> Why China? Probably because it's cheaper.
>
>
> When I started seeing garlic from China, I started growing my own -
> not because of any particular health concerns, but because there is
> something ecologically sinful about importing garlic from China.
>
> Think global, buy local.
>
> Boron
>
I agree entirely about the environmental issues associated with
importing food from so far away. However, given China's sanitation,
pollution and food safety issues, I'm not comfortable buying anything
edible from there for the foreseeable future.