This morning I read an article on Facebook about Smithfield Farms ("the largest pork producing farm in the USA") being sold to China in September. The more I read, the more concerned I was about process regulations in China being "far inferior to requirements of the U.S.A." and where this processed meat could be going.
Meats under a label of "raised in the USA" could have still been processed over seas, in disgusting conditions with minimal, if any, regulations and in turn, distributed to fast food restaurants, schools and supermarkets.
One fact that I read (but have yet to follow up on, so I am going from the article) stated that Starkist Tuna is now owned by Korea and "is in conflict with the U.S. concerning quality, safety and records keeping..."
It is disturbing reading about the quality of "farmed fish" overseas. It is even more disturbing what those "farmed fish" are being fed (chicken dung, expired antibiotics, raw sewage).
Other than being a bully's mom, I have four children so discovering that brand names like Morrell, Eckrich, Krakus, Cudahy, Premium Hams, Cook's and Gwaltney could possibly be a part of this deception is alarming.
What does this have to do with an EBN post? I am wondering where certain companies acquire their meat? I already put in an e-mail to the company that we use and I am hoping that the meat company they use is not affiliated with this process. If I can go to the supermarket and trust a well known meat company product, as the label reads "RAISED IN THE USA", but not even think to ask "but where was it processed" then, as a consumer, I feel deceived. This is not to say that your favorite dog food company is deceiving you, but that they may also be unaware and it wouldn't hurt to do a little digging to find out for sure - if anything, for peace of mind that all the time, care and research that goes into finding your baby's "perfect food" is worth the full knowledge.
Meats under a label of "raised in the USA" could have still been processed over seas, in disgusting conditions with minimal, if any, regulations and in turn, distributed to fast food restaurants, schools and supermarkets.
One fact that I read (but have yet to follow up on, so I am going from the article) stated that Starkist Tuna is now owned by Korea and "is in conflict with the U.S. concerning quality, safety and records keeping..."
It is disturbing reading about the quality of "farmed fish" overseas. It is even more disturbing what those "farmed fish" are being fed (chicken dung, expired antibiotics, raw sewage).
Other than being a bully's mom, I have four children so discovering that brand names like Morrell, Eckrich, Krakus, Cudahy, Premium Hams, Cook's and Gwaltney could possibly be a part of this deception is alarming.
What does this have to do with an EBN post? I am wondering where certain companies acquire their meat? I already put in an e-mail to the company that we use and I am hoping that the meat company they use is not affiliated with this process. If I can go to the supermarket and trust a well known meat company product, as the label reads "RAISED IN THE USA", but not even think to ask "but where was it processed" then, as a consumer, I feel deceived. This is not to say that your favorite dog food company is deceiving you, but that they may also be unaware and it wouldn't hurt to do a little digging to find out for sure - if anything, for peace of mind that all the time, care and research that goes into finding your baby's "perfect food" is worth the full knowledge.
That although they did not disclose their source of meat (company/brand) I felt better and assured that they can be trusted to inspect the quality, test the products and DO NOT send/receive any meats from a part of the world that comes into question when food regulations are involved...here is their response (and I was also impressed w/how swift they replied
