Toxic Food Imports - Unregulated, Unchecked
Channel: Economy In Crisis
Date: 2013-10-04

There is no way for American consumers to detect when contaminated seafood finds its way to their dinner table at home or onto their plate at a restaurant, and the FDA which is supposed to monitor all of our food, has failed at the task of ensuring our food safety.

We do not currently have enough FDA inspectors to check all the fish that enters this country because there is not enough money to pay for them. A tariff on imported seafood could provide the funds to pay for these crucial, additional needed inspectors. This may make our seafood a little bit more expensive, but the cost is well worth it to avoid the long term complications that could arise from eating contaminated fish.

We can't stop this cheap seafood from entering our country because it has put our domestic fisheries out of business, and we can no longer meet our own needs. In addition, low prices on foreign seafood have made the importers of this seafood into multimillionaires who have a vested interest in continuing to bring this potentially dangerous seafood into the United States.

See what you are eating! You will be shocked at the thought of what this may be doing to you and your children, short and long-term. It is unconscionable to continue in this way. Demand that your representatives in Washington take action to protect your health and our economy! They must initiate a law in Congress to place tariffs on all imported fish. It would ensure our health and would create an umbrella under which domestic fisheries can be reestablished.