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Mind explaining more to someone who has never heard of this?

• WrtCdEvrydy 6y ago
  It's pretty common to ship chicken to china for processing since the cost of shipping is lower than labor... however since it was raised in the US, it's totally legal to say "US Raised Chickens"
  • steve_adams_86 6y ago
    This just screams race to the bottom to me. There is absolutely no accounting for externalities. I need to look into whether or not Canada does this.
    • WrtCdEvrydy 6y ago
      https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/news-opinion/news/tyson-foods-cleared-to-ship-poultry-to-china-from-all-u-s-plants/ https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/news-opinion/news/tyson-fo... Not sure if it happens in Canada...
      • rootusrootus 6y ago
        Did you read the article? They are exporting chicken to China to be consumed there, not processed and shipped back.
  • Retric 6y ago
    It’s actually extremely rare. As of 2018 there where 4 Chinese processing plants that took chickens killed and frozen in the US, thawed them out for processing, and then froze them again and shipped them back to the US. Bulk freight shipping is generally cheap, but shipping frozen goods across the Pacific Ocean twice adds up.