Comments on: Food Safety and Eating in China http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/food-safety-eating-china/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=food-safety-eating-china Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: JA http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/food-safety-eating-china/comment-page-1/#comment-26567 JA Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:52:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146790#comment-26567  In addition to safety-regarding consequences of China’s rapid adoption of a high meat-based diet.  China lacks the arable land needed to sustain a Western style meat-based diet and has resorted to reliance upon imported soy and corn, not exactly "self sufficient in pork."   While western style animal “factory farms” are wreaking havoc on the air and land.- and horrible for the animals. Here’s a blog describing the situation in more detail:  http://brightergreen.org/entry.php?id=392    In addition to safety-regarding consequences of China’s
rapid adoption of a high meat-based diet. 
China lacks the arable land needed to sustain a Western style meat-based
diet and has resorted to reliance upon imported soy and corn, not exactly “self sufficient in pork.”

  While western style animal “factory farms” are
wreaking havoc on the air and land.- and horrible for the animals.

Here’s a blog describing the
situation in more detail:  http://brightergreen.org/entry.php?id=392
 

]]> By: Food: Digested http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/food-safety-eating-china/comment-page-1/#comment-26487 Food: Digested Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:31:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146790#comment-26487 Listen to the Fat Man: China Urges New Leader to Focus on Food Safetyhttp://fooddigested.com/2012/11/15/listen-to-the-fat-man-chinese-urge-new-leader-to-focus-on-food-safety/ Listen to the Fat Man: China Urges New Leader to Focus on Food Safetyhttp://fooddigested.com/2012/11/15/listen-to-the-fat-man-chinese-urge-new-leader-to-focus-on-food-safety/

]]> By: Leonard Armstrong http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/food-safety-eating-china/comment-page-1/#comment-26461 Leonard Armstrong Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:38:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146790#comment-26461 Beware Food Network et al, those who travel to eat weird food and foreign gastromic concoctions, there is no safe way to insure your health as you wonder through dark streets looking for the ultimate food find for your next blog post. Beware Food Network et al, those who travel to eat weird food and foreign gastromic concoctions, there is no safe way to insure your health as you wonder through dark streets looking for the ultimate food find for your next blog post.

]]> By: Sf Susu http://www.theworld.org/2012/11/food-safety-eating-china/comment-page-1/#comment-26455 Sf Susu Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:59:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=146790#comment-26455 Excellent report on this evening's PBS News Hour...congratulations to Mary Kay Magistead...SFSusu, Springfield Linguistics Project, USA. Excellent report on this evening’s PBS News Hour…congratulations to Mary Kay Magistead…SFSusu, Springfield Linguistics Project, USA.

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