At first, I thought it was a satirical news, but after checking it, I found out that it was actually true, which is really ironic.
A U.S. Republican senator, Rick Scott, recently sent a letter to U.S. Commerce Secretary Raimondo stating that garlic in China is unsafe, citing unhygienic production methods.
China's garlic, how can it be said to be unhygienic?
A review of the senator's open letter revealed that it mentions that "there are serious public health risks to the quality and safety of foreign-grown garlic – especially garlic grown by the Chinese Communist Party." ”
He continued: "Communist China has the largest market share and is the ...... the largest garlic imports in the United States”
It seems that no matter what the topic, it must be politicized, and the letter is full of bias.
But there must be some real evidence, and the evidence of China's unhygienic garlic is in **?
He explains: "I also have evidence, from cooking blogs and family magazines, to youtube** and documentaries, images of Chinese garlic being 'unhygienic', such as fertilizing with human waste, growing garlic in sewage, and peeling garlic to increase appeal before entering ......the US market."”
So, the core of the problem is **?
Could it be that the Chinese use their own human dung to grow garlic, and such garlic can be hygienic?
The senator further elaborated on his point: Given that garlic is a commonly used culinary ingredient, its integrity and safety are of paramount importance to the American people. To keep the economy strong, the country stable, the society thriving, and the society safe, we must ensure the quality of the food Americans eat.
He even threatened: if our food (garlic) is not safe, we cannot expect our servicemen to effectively defend national interests.
In this way, isn't Chinese garlic a serious threat to the public health and economic prosperity of the United States?
As a result, he suggested that the U.S. Department of Commerce should conduct an investigation covering all types of garlic, "whether all grades of garlic, whether whole or separated, peeled, refrigerated, fresh, frozen, tentative, or packaged garlic ......."”
It seems that the senator's logic is that Chinese garlic is grown with human excrement, and then this garlic is shipped to the United States, and the Americans eat it and ......
How can American soldiers be full of combat effectiveness after eating it?
Apparently not!What will the outside world think of the senator's remarks?
This US senator, your humor is so "black". The BBC's report was almost done with a smile, citing McGill University's Office of Science and Society, which is dedicated to popular science, which said there was "no evidence" that human waste was used as fertilizer for garlic in China.
Moreover, they mentioned that a 2017 article said that even human or animal waste is an effective fertilizer, and although it may not sound comfortable, it is actually safer than expected.
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