Update on A Nightmare
We got confirmation on the nightmare I wrote of in my post, If Man Made It, Don’t Eat It. A company making health food snacks recalled foods, saying they could be contaminated with salmonella. The company is Robert’s American Gourmet Inc. I said forget the salmonella, as bad as that is. A deeper concern is these products being recalled are actually made by another, unnamed company, not by Robert’s.
We know nothing about who makes this product that contains salmonella, and I guessed it might be a company in China. Good guess. Because on July 6 it was revealed this spray-on seasoning suspected of causing salmonella was made with imported Chinese ingredients.
This is a true nightmare. Because any American company can use ingredients that come from China or anywhere else in the world, and not disclose where the ingredients come from. And China food products are a nightmare.
Ralph Nader reminded us on the same day all this was revealed that congress passed “a country of origin” law that is supposed to give us information on where food comes from, but it is not enforced. Sound familiar? Our government, particularly at the federal level, fails abysmally to protect us. So it is up to us.
Step one is to buy no food product from China; that’s what I started doing some time ago, and I stand solidly behind this advice. Step two is to make sure any food you buy does not contain anything from China; take particular care in the area of vitamins and supplements. I no longer take vitamins or supplements but a lot of people do. That is a mistake, I believe, on its own, but particularly since China has cornered the market on many of these. One American vitamin company is coming out with a “China-free product” on its labeling. Look for that if you’re buying vitamins.
But best is to get your vitamins, minerals and other nutrients from a balanced diet of whole, fresh, natural foods, emphasizing plant-based foods much more than animal; the more locally grown, the better. Foods just as they come from nature. Organically grown if possible.
With our government failing so miserably to protect us in this area, it has never been more important to follow the advice, If man made it, don’t eat it. Eat whole, fresh, natural foods—got it?
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