FOOD Very disconcerting article about big quantities of rice being infected...

Jubilee on Earth

Jubilee on Earth

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I don't know enough about how much of our rice comes from India, or how much is imported regularly. But this article buried in the news really gave me the heebie jeebies. Literally. So many questions run through my mind, especially when I see that 145 shipping containers of rice from India had been turned away in a one-week period due to the infestation. I can't help but to wonder... how many infested containers slipped through? Is this something that can spread to American rice packagers and distributors? Is this a major situation in India? Could it spread to the rest of China? And even more disconcerting, it infests dry plants and dog food (and I assume other types of pet food)???

Has anyone else heard about this particular beetle?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/rice-shipment-returned-to-india-from-la-after-beetle-larvae-found-in-inspection/2011/09/16/gIQADsepYK_story.html


Rice shipment returned to India from LA after beetle larvae found in inspection

By Associated Press, Published: September 16

LOS ANGELES — A 20-foot shipping container of rice has been returned to India after customs authorities in Los Angeles found evidence of a destructive beetle in the shipment.

Customs officials said Friday that dead larvae were found on the outer seam of a bag of rice in an inspection earlier this month. Testing came back from the federal laboratories on September 7 that confirmed the dead larvae were Kharpa beetles.

The Kharpa beetle is a very destructive pest that eats stored grain, dried plants and dog food.

Kharpa beetles are resistant to fumigation, can survive without food or water for long periods and can hide in tiny cracks.

As of September 9, customs officials have intercepted 145 containers with Kharpa beetles at U.S. ports of entry this year.
 
Hfcomms

Hfcomms

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That wouldn't even bother me as much as the fact of a whole lot of foods are now genetically modified. I have several hundred pounds of rice that I put away before Y2K and still have most of it....and I know that rice isn't GM.
 
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dogmanan

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YEP one of the final fases before round up of people and guns is to afect the food/starve people so [they] can come and save us all, and most of the sheeple will welcome [they].
WE SHOULD SEE MORE AND MORE ARTICLES LIKE THIS AND HAPPENING MORE OFTEN.
From what I have gathered this year farmers/ranchers are having the worst[across the world] proublems with food shoratges starting at the farm/ranch level with know crops to very little crops.
This is going to be a very interesting year I would think.

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packyderms_wife

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Neither here nor there.
dogmanan said:
YEP one of the final fases before round up of people and guns is to afect the food/starve people so [they] can come and save us all, and most of the sheeple will welcome [they].
WE SHOULD SEE MORE AND MORE ARTICLES LIKE THIS AND HAPPENING MORE OFTEN.
From what I have gathered this year farmers/ranchers are having the worst[across the world] proublems with food shoratges starting at the farm/ranch level with know crops to very little crops.
This is going to be a very interesting year I would think.

later
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They are taking advantage of the situation, thus intensifying it and exponentially. Rather they should be like Joseph who instructed the Pharoh to store up grains for seven years of famine, this time nobody is listening. The global drought and extreme weather is just picking up steam it's not over yet and by a long shot.

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dragonslayer2001

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Too bad the USA has given up effective border patrol. In the old days this rice would simply be banned. We are only importing it due to 'globalism'.
 
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Double_A

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Arkansas and California are big US rice growing regions, with Arkansas being huge.

Wonder where the basmati rice we can buy comes from? Here or India? (ETA: Basmati & Jasmine are both grown extensively in the USA)

This info below goes back to ma post on another thread that USA's huge weapon is FOOD

http://www.riceromp.com/animations/states.cfm
 

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"Customs officials said Friday that dead larvae were found on the outer seam of a bag of rice in an inspection earlier "

I'd be more concerned with what the Indians used to kill the beetle larvae. They don't have the same laws banning certain pesticides we do.
 
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BL225128

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Double_A said:
Arkansas and California are big US rice growing regions, with Arkansas being huge.

Wonder where the basmati rice we can buy comes from? Here or India? (ETA: Basmati & Jasmine are both grown extensively in the USA)

This info below goes back to ma post on another thread that USA's huge weapon is FOOD

http://www.riceromp.com/animations/states.cfm
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I'd suspect that alot of food imports for things that are routinely grown in this country is simply to supply the vast hordes of foreign-born and foreign-loyal ethnics and their businesses here. For example, I recall reading about a well known food processor of south-of-the border foodstuffs has a standing policy will only buy from Latin American countries first (as part of some misguided ethnic racist pride),then Spain (for olive oil), China, etc... and then maybe the US if they can't get what they need for their products.
 
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kittyknits

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I believe it is more and more important to know where our food was grown or raised. If companies won't say on packaging, research the company or e-mail them. If grocery stores don't indicate where produce is from, ask managers; they might get the idea that people want this info.
 
kyrsyan

kyrsyan

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packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
kyrsyan said:
Umm, there is GM rice. It's not rated for human consumption. And IIRC, a US company screwed up and the GM rice ended up mixed up with rice considered safe for human consumption. US rice is banned from export to several countries now. Contamination went from 2006 to 2010.

A few links: http://www.bayerricelitigation.com/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/02/05/bayer-rice-idUSLDE61421W20100205

Because of this I actually buy rice that comes from overseas. Although I avoid buying from China.
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Most of my rice comes from tiawan.
 
biere

biere

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Troke said:
Hmmm! I had thought we were a rice exporter. How come we got to import rice?
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I don't know all the types but I know part of japan wiped out by the tsunami or nuke plant leaks was used to grow some exotic types of rice that cost a lot more than what I eat and buy as plain ol white rice of this or that type.

I don't know exactly what was being imported or why but I do know it is worth growing some versions more than others but even with that you probably wind up with some folks preffering it to come from a certain area rather than from here.

I consider the basamati or however that gets spelled to be my current favorite rice since it is a bit better than some of the super cheap stuff I have bought but way cheaper than some of the really expensive stuff I sometimes run into when taking my uncle to some specialty stores that cater to certain ethnicities.
 
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Grammytomany

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kittyknits said:
I believe it is more and more important to know where our food was grown or raised. If companies won't say on packaging, research the company or e-mail them. If grocery stores don't indicate where produce is from, ask managers; they might get the idea that people want this info.
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Kitty, I believe it is the law to show place of origin and place of processing. I called congress and got a copy of the entire law. But I have read recently that some of the law has already been changed (of course in a few short months). So, while it is supposed to show both of these on the pkg., it is supposed to be as large as the NAME of the company. It isn't. I found one whole isle of canned fruit at one of our stores without any of that information and I told the manager, I wanted to know where it came from and where it was processed. I stood firm and he called headquarters. Came back to me and said I was right and all of the fruit was removed from the shelves. (probably just to the back room until I was gone). He shook his head and said, "he was learning something new every day". Not happy man with me I can tell you. But I am VERY concerned what is being put into the little bodies of our children and their children one day. If we start NOW....maybe it will be better for their health as they grow older. I certainly pray so.
 
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