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From the article: Shrimp is so bad that Olmsted rarely eats it. “I won’t buy it, ever, if it is farmed or imported,” he writes. In 2007, the FDA banned five ki
by stevula 10y ago
From the article:
Shrimp is so bad that Olmsted rarely eats it. “I won’t buy it, ever, if it is farmed or imported,” he writes. In 2007, the FDA banned five kinds of imported shrimp from China; China turned around and routed the banned shrimp through Indonesia, stamped it as originating from there, and suddenly it was back in the US food supply.
- sampo 10y agoBut what is it that is bad about the shrimp? Is it a particularly unhealthy variety of shrimp? Or do they contain traces of poisonous chemicals?
- hammock 10y agoThanks to you both. Looks like the use of antibiotics and carcinogenic chemicals is an issue. http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_33.html http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_33.html At restaurants I don't think I've ever seen imported shrimp (don't really eat at chain restaurants). I'll have to pay closer attention to the source in the frozen bags I buy from the grocery.
- prostoalex 10y agoI've read Olmstead's book and his beef (pardon the pun) with shrimp is how easy it is for bad players (who stuff their product with carcinogens and various unsafe chemicals to achieve maximum yield) to repackage, relabel and trans-ship their stuff to get a stamp from a new country of origin. When the FDA banned the import of bad shrimp from China http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/28/AR2007062801280.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06..., imports of Philippines and Indonesia shrimp skyrocketed (sometimes beyond those nation's total shrimp harvesting numbers). Upon inspection it was same old carcinogenic shrimp. Honey, tea and spices of unknown origins are also frequent targets of dilution in order to boost the margins.