'Dominoes falling' in global shipping as coronavirus continues to grip China's economy

So all the chicken & pork we ship over there to be 'processed' by the Chinese slaves adding cancerous chemicals, that all won't be coming back to the states?
That's good.
Process the food HERE withOUT cancer causing chemicals. More American jobs, healthier food.

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So all the chicken & pork we ship over there to be 'processed' by the Chinese slaves adding cancerous chemicals, that all won't be coming back to the states?
That's good.
Process the food HERE withOUT cancer causing chemicals. More American jobs, healthier food.

There's ALOT of needless hysteria concerning food imported from China into U.S. markets. Take a good look at your pantry shelves and check the labels for yourself. How many say "Product of China?" If yours are anything like my own you'll find virtually NONE, because most of the stuff we eat daily has a shorter shelf-life that requires domestic production. The fact is that most Chinese products in American homes are DURABLE goods and not foodstuffs. Still, in an ever-shrinking world there are exceptions.

As a long-term prepper I long-ago learned to stop and READ those labels on the food I eat [and not just the nutrional charts], and since many things come from my local Dollar General or $Tree stores and I'm always surprised at how global a marketplace they represent. For example: Strawberry Preserves from Egypt or Pancake Syrup from Peru! But BOTH of these are also made here in the U.S. - I'm just too cheap to pay those higher prices. That'll either change or I'll learn to do without.

And even major brands are not immune; read the back of your container of Orange Juice. Even Tropicana and Minute Maid sources their juices from Mexico, Ecuador, Costa Rica or Brazil [Duh, that's where most Oranges grow]- so I got used to substituting "Bright-N-Early" which is a fair clone, and in a pinch I can even learn to love Orange Kool-Aid. BTW: since those juice concentrates travel in sea train tanks, expect Orange Juice to become VERY EXPENSIVE if South American seaports shut down!!

My point in all of this is to READ THE LABELS and whenever possible start to eliminate anything on your shelves that comes form a foreign nation. You may find it's easier than you think and not as big abdeal as imagined.

You didn't need to mention a specific company because you made a blanket industry-wide statement; and when I proved that the world's second largest processor of Chicken, Beef and Pork does not produce meats that are "hormone and antibiotic laced nasties" you immediately deflected and stated that you'd never buy products from a company that uses long-established [and federally-regulated] breeding/processing standards. And then to declare "that's enough for me" only further indicates not only your true agenda, but just how closed your mind really is.

NOW: let's focus on that evil Ractopamine which outrages you so much. The entire issue was promulgated by animal-rights activists back in 2014 including the American Humane Association and the Animal Legal Defense Fund who actually filed their lawsuits claiming it caused the harvested animals "physiological and psychological stress". It's important to note there is no data suggesting such use is harmful to consuming humans. Even so, the USDA moved to satisfy their insane objections. BTW: the text in your first link was WRITTEN by the President of the AHA, so that pretty well clarifes that source. Your second link was penned by the Organic Consumers Association so they too -just like yourself- have a specific agenda to hustle.

And THAT'S that kind of crap that always trips my "trigger."

It wasn't enough that hang-wringing nutjobs killed an established American institution like the Ringling Brothers Circus, now you want to fuck with my Pork Chops and meddle with my table?

I'll just bet you also think that a big fat Sow makes an ideal support animal and would eagerly file a lawsuit if you couldn't waddle her onboard an aircraft. Comeon... confess it!

Here's a radical idea: go eat a big slab of Tofu and [hopefully] shut up while doing it. As for dinner? I just cooked up a batch of hot Tyson wings and they were delicious.

Enjoy your Soylent and Almost-Burgers!

Baltic Dry did go up this week

Good link to watch the market

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