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Thread ID: 80961 2007-07-11 00:15:00 No more food from China please ! Digby (677) PC World Chat
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567931 2007-07-11 00:15:00 What more information does our silly government need to stop importing food from China !

Last week it was their seafood.

Today they have just EXECUTED an official in charge of food safety for non- performance and taking bribes which resulted in the poor public relations of Chinese food worldwide ! (we should do this to some of our government and officials)

But seriously why bother with a free trade agreement with China ?

They sell seafood to us
Garlic to Thailand (putting all Thai farmers out of business)
Tomatoes to Italy ! ! !
Toothpaste to the world !

China has such a vast area and low cost structure that they can make or grow anything they want to or decide to.

At least we need country of origin on all of our food ! And if any shop or official wrongly labels carrots from New Zealand when in fact they are from China he should be executed.

Regards

Digby
Digby (677)
567932 2007-07-11 01:30:00 At least we need country of origin on all of our food !

I don't know that we currently do . I see many foods labelled "Manufactured from imported and local ingredients" without stating which country the "imported" ingredients are from .

The Greens were proposing to bring in better labelling but as far as I know it hasn't happened yet . I'm really looking forward to the day when it is required .
FoxyMX (5)
567933 2007-07-11 02:34:00 Pfft! Taken a looksie at Watties Peaches?

They're grown in Spain!

And your not taking away my dried Chinese shi-take mushies from me. Over my cold dead greasy body.
bob_doe_nz (92)
567934 2007-07-11 02:35:00 I don't know that we currently do . I see many foods labelled "Manufactured from imported and local ingredients" without stating which country the "imported" ingredients are from .

The Greens were proposing to bring in better labelling but as far as I know it hasn't happened yet . I'm really looking forward to the day when it is required .

Nice to have something to look forward too .

I think that is a form of to to .
Cicero (40)
567935 2007-07-11 03:11:00 Pfft! Taken a looksie at Watties Peaches?

They're grown in Spain!

Really? I hadn't seen that. :(

Will look a bit more carefully at the traditional "NZ" brand canned foods from now on then.
FoxyMX (5)
567936 2007-07-11 04:56:00 Where would we get marinated rat meat from if we ban food from China..... PinoyKiw (9675)
567937 2007-07-11 07:25:00 It seems that they take their food safety rules seriously. ` Graham L (2)
567938 2007-07-11 08:13:00 Can we have food label with details please? i.e. Origin, rating, etc. What's with the government? PedalSlammer (8511)
567939 2007-07-11 08:21:00 The guy's just being used as a scapegoat. It doesn't take this long to figure out that an official has been taking bribes. somebody (208)
567940 2007-07-11 09:42:00 [QUOTE

Will look a bit more carefully at the traditional "NZ" brand canned foods from now on then . [/QUOTE]

Budget brand canned apricots are from China, so I looked for NZ ones, and found Roxdale are still around, but are the dearest of the lot .

Can we guarantee that NZ fruit has lower pesticide etc residue than Chinese?
rumpty (2863)
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