On Mar 15, 7:14*am, George M. Middius > wrote:
> 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?

Even if the Chinese had no track record of poisoning their customers
without a qualm, Chinese garlic bulbs are all the same size -- sounds
like Frankenfood to me.