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Suppose there is a product, which you would have no expectation of including ingredients from China in it, like cat food or a deli sandwich or a bag of chips... If it proudly says on the packaging, "No ingredients from China!", does that make you more/less likely to purchase?

Suppose there is a product, which you would have no expectation of including ingredients from China in it, like cat food or a deli sandwich or a bag of chips... If it proudly says on the packaging, "No ingredients from China!", does that make you more/less likely to purchase?

  • Chadd Nervigg
    Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
    Suppose there is a product, which you would have no expectation of including ingredients from China in it, like cat food or a deli sandwich or a bag of chips... If it proudly says on the packaging, "No ingredients from China!", does that make you more/less likely to purchase?

    • Iksar
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Racist food tastes worse

    • Chadd Nervigg
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      My response: Significantly less likely to purchase. A) I don't really care if it includes ingredients from China, and B) the fact that you think I would care makes me think you're racist.

      • Qauntumz
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @Celestalon very woke and progressive response. almost all chinese companies pay and treat their workers like absolute dogshit and if i can possibly support a company instead that operates where there are actual labor laws, I will.

        • Chadd Nervigg
          Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
          @Qauntumz While I agree with that sentiment, "Made in the USA" or "Made with Fair Labor" or "100% Fair Trade Ingredients" or something like that tends to cover that already, and calling out China specifically seems, to me, to be pandering to the anti-Chinese racism that upticked w/ covid.

    • LiquidUte
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon Interesting question with the example of pet food. For pet food yes, more likely. There have been problems in the past with pet food from China filled with melamine or precursors of it to fake the protein content. It caused a bunch of pet deaths and recalls. Other products, no.

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @LiquidUte Interesting. OK, for those in the know about that specific history, I can see how that would change things, without being racist. Thanks for that info.

      • LiquidUte
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @Celestalon Other non-consumable products with no history of issues, I'd probably be a bit turned off by the ultra-nationalisim / anti-chinese marketing and pass. Made in the USA works fine. But for pet food because of prior incident, I get it.

        • Chadd Nervigg
          Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
          @LiquidUte When explained that way, it sounds much more reasonable. (And yes, it was on Cat food)

    • Chadd Nervigg
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      Explanation of why this isn't just racist (thanks for the info, @LiquidUte) like it may seem at first glance: https://t.co/hJYkPjMoDz

      • ToastieNL
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @Celestalon @LiquidUte Ignorant European here: Doesn't an institution like the FDA maintain controls on that?

        • Chadd Nervigg
          Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
          @ToastieNL @LiquidUte Yes and no. In theory, yes. In practice, pet food seems to be one of the areas of food and drugs that has the most lax regulation/enforcement, and pet food recalls are one of the most common type of recalls that I see.

    • ovinophile
      Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
      @Celestalon After the Chinese melamine incident killed my cat many years ago, my trust is still rock bottom. No racism involved. Something like that just scars you deeply.

      • Chadd Nervigg
        Posted 4 years, 2 months ago (Source)
        @ovinophile I'm sorry for your loss. This was explained elsewhere in the thread, and now it makes a lot more sense: https://t.co/Fdi9WgzNfG
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