In forwarded message,

Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:34:55 -0800 [02:34:55 AM CST
From: George Mungai
Subject: Fw: Beware of eating imported chicken

— On Thu, 11/13/08, chals weru wrote:

From: chals weru
Subject: Beware of eating imported chicken

appears the information:

Dead Chicken Processing In China !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On that note: also avoid using disposable chopsticks in the restaurant. Apparently they have been bleached to look white! We certainly don’t need bleach in our body.
Basically do not buy any processed food from China and sometimes Hong Kong too. Some companies are using Hong Kong address to avoid this type of image reputation.
Early dawn, starts the day by riding around to collect dead chicken

[and it included a sequence of photographs;]
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Lets look for a rather straight forward and simple moral to be gained from warning stories such as the above.

Basically, a better idea is for the greater majority of food commodities (except for optional “extras”) to be produced in adequate quantities and used locally in same region. Regulations to promote quality and hygiene can be more feasible to enforce. Food supply security can improve if dependance on notably long range transport is lowered.

On the technology side, consider as well the option for storage shelf life extension through irradiation / sterilization. It offers the advantage of decreased reliance upon energy intensive, rising in price, refrigeration.

– – awm – – Fri. 14 Nov.2008;