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Why does our government allow us to be poisoned?
http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2013/08/10-american-foods-that-are-banned-in-other-countries.html
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)Initech
(100,081 posts)Mosby
(16,319 posts)It will be extinct in a couple years.
people can simply eat less salmon.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)but the farmed salmon are actually killing the wild, so that is a major issue. They pen them at the mouths of rivers and they contaminate wild strains in a variety of ways.
Mosby
(16,319 posts)80 percent of the world's salmon supply comes from farms in Chile and Norway.
Alaska provides the vast majority of wild Atlantic salmon and through state legislation have assured sustainability for the most part.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Chile's industry came close to collapse due to some form of anemia. Massive doses of antibiotics needed to keep overcrowded fish alive. Pens are destructive to environmentally sensitive areas. When farmed fish escape captivity, they can push out native stocks from spawning beds spreading disease, the waste destructive to habitat.
I think fish hatcheries are a different story. They help restore native runs.
Most salmon are farmed in open pens and cages in coastal waters. Waste from these farms is released directly into the ocean. Parasites and diseases from farmed salmon can spread to wild fish swimming near the farms and escaping farmed salmon can harm wild populations. As a result, all salmon farmed in ocean net pens get an "Avoid" ranking.
However, some salmon farmers are making changes to improve their practices. So far, one change has proven successfulraising U.S. freshwater coho using inland tank-based, closed systems. Closed systems reduce environmental risks by containing pollution, disease, parasites and reducing fish escapes and result in a "Best Choice" ranking.
Look for wild-caught salmon or clearly labeled U.S.-farmed freshwater coho salmon. For now, "Avoid" farmed Atlantic salmon.
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/SeafoodWatch/web/sfw_factsheet.aspx?gid=49
http://www.farmedsalmonexposed.org/theproblem_2008.html
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)that aside from the farm salmon the whole lot are banned in the UK - there may be exceptions fpr UK farms.
The US will of course expect the EU to change some of its laws with respect to foods and the discussed US/EU trade agreenent. The US can also expect to be told to fuck off.
Supersedeas
(20,630 posts)loli phabay
(5,580 posts)Its not all one way.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)loli phabay
(5,580 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Yum - my wife Morag was Scottish needless to say.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)I miss that stuff. Its tase was unique. Indescribable.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)That and pickled onion monster munch is the breakfast of champions
wickerwoman
(5,662 posts)TheMightyFavog
(13,770 posts)Synthesize
(19 posts)... and the milchschnittes.
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)indepat
(20,899 posts)public health. That the bidness of 'Murika is bidness is unmistakably demonstrated daily by practically every act of the Congress and the Supreme Court.
scooter rider
(80 posts)In Mpls.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) Minnesota health officials are investigating after dozens of people fell sick at an Ecuadorian festival in Minneapolis earlier this month.
At least 81 people have been hospitalized for severe gastrointestinal symptoms after eating guinea pig meat served by one of the festivals vendors.
The Minnesota Department of Health said many of those people tested positive for salmonella poisoning.
Officials have not identified the vendor.
Don't read the comments if you have a weak stomach.
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2013/08/22/81-sickened-by-guinea-pig-meat-at-ecuadorian-fest/
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)They think that Muslims and Jews can't eat guinea pig!!!
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)As for salmon, the kind served in sushi restaurants here most likely are shipped from Japan. (I supposed they could be radio active, but I rather doubt it.)
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)and seems really expensive.
fascisthunter
(29,381 posts)wickerwoman
(5,662 posts)In fact, this is an industry the government is trying to promote. According to Wikipedia, New Zealand produces almost half of the world's supply of farmed King Salmon. Possibly some specific techniques or drugs are banned, but not the salmon itself.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Own stuff ok but not imports.
Auggie
(31,174 posts)darkangel218
(13,985 posts)jmowreader
(50,560 posts)Please stop bringing his crap here.
Violet_Crumble
(35,961 posts)Looks like I'll have to wait till I visit the US to try it