"George M. Middius" wrote:
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> ViLco wrote:
>
> >>>> Further, more and more Chinese garlic shows up in our markets.
> >
> >>> Same as here. Last time I bougth garlic, though, the options were
> >>> argentinian and italian and I took italian
> >
> >> Is there a problem with Chinese garlic?
> >
> >Their food safety standards, notwhistanding the very heavy penalties for
> >infringements, are still among the worst on Earth
>
> So your decision falls under "Precautionary" rather than driven by
> some specific event?

They are driven by a great many specific events, just not one specific
to garlic. The recent Chinese milk and wheat gluten issues come to mind
as do their "gutter oil" problem, a case where more expensive glycerin
was substituted with a cheaper and toxic "look alike" chemical in a
shipment to a pharmaceutical company which resulted in a couple hundred
deaths, and many other "QC" issues.