Re: [DIYbio] Re: diybio testing for horsemeat

On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 5:56 AM, Jeswin <phillyj101@gmail.com> wrote:
> Probably because it's selling of mislabeled products. No different
> than the melamine-milk scandal from China. But really, people should
> know that the industrial production of meat is not all "sunshine and
> love". Maybe everyone should just read some Upton Sinclair.

The melamine in milk was different I think, in that it wasn't simply
mislabeled bioproduct, it was substandard bio-product with a
chem-product added, not for nutrition, but to fool a protein
concentration test.

I recently heard the Pacific Northwest U.S. (where I'm living now) had
the lowest level of mislabeled seafood in the U.S., but that even here
is was still happening quite a lot. Main reason it's lower here in the
PNW... a lot of the seafood is produced locally, meaning it doesn't
get imported, where a lot of mislabeling occurs. It mentioned if a
ship catches/imports too much fish, they'll get fined, so instead they
mislabel as a different fish so they're under the import/catch limit
(which is per species).

I only buy wild-caught fish and try to avoid the bio-accumulator
species, and try to buy only cage-free eggs and meat (and
pastured/grass-fed beef).... so mislabeling is not helpful at all.



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-Nathan

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