Asian Seafood Raised on Pig Feces Approved for U.S. Consumers

[TNHermit]

Asian Seafood Raised on Pig Feces Approved for U.S. Consumers

At Ngoc Sinh Seafoods Trading & Processing Export Enterprise, a seafood exporter on Vietnam’s southern coast, workers stand on a dirty floor sorting shrimp one hot September day. There’s trash on the floor, and flies crawl over baskets of processed shrimp stacked in an unchilled room in Ca Mau.

Elsewhere in Ca Mau, Nguyen Van Hoang packs shrimp headed for the U.S. in dirty plastic tubs. He covers them in ice made with tap water that the Vietnamese Health Ministry says should be boiled before drinking because of the risk of contamination with bacteria. Vietnam ships 100 million pounds of shrimp a year to the U.S. That’s almost 8 percent of the shrimp Americans eat.

Asian Seafood Raised on Pig Feces Approved for U.S. Consumers - Bloomberg

[ginnie5]

and I will never eat shrimp again.......though honestly its getting to the point I don't want to eat anything I haven't killed and cooked myself anyway..........

[janetn]

Originally Posted by ginnie5

and I will never eat shrimp again.......though honestly its getting to the point I don't want to eat anything I haven't killed and cooked myself anyway..........

Yep my feelings too.
Shrimp has gotten cheap over the years and we now know why. I dont like the shrimp we get in the stores its "soft" The shrimp I remember from my childhood waas firm and certainly not slimy. Shrimp used to be a treat eaten only rarely. Last bag of shrimp we bought was from Thialand and it was certainly farmed - aka swiming in filthy water.

Soon look for shrimp labeled aas hog poop free lol