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On 1/10/2025 4:14 PM, Ed P wrote:
> I assume these figures are correct, we import more than I'd have guessed.
> 
> https://tinyurl.com/5xcujwf9
> 
> A 2023 report by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said that 94 
> percent of seafood sold in the U.S. in 2018 was imported from abroad, 
> along with 55 percent of fresh fruit and 32 percent of fresh vegetables.
> 
> "Among the notable products imported are various fruits and vegetables 
> from Mexico; apple juice, tilapia and cod from China; and a small amount 
> of wheat from both Canada and Europe," said Quoc Le.
 >
I just bought about 6 pounds of Chilean dark red sweet cherries.  $30, 
but I got $5 in rewards.  Eating dark red sweet cherries is my second 
favorite thing in life.  Chile is the #1 producer of cherries in the world.

-- 
--Bryan
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tested on laboratory animals.

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We're just too courteous to say so."
-- Cindy Hamilton