[DRB]

http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/19/news/international/china_chickendeal/index.htm?cnn=yes

American chicken could soon be making plenty of round-trip visits to China.

The Department of Agriculture last month certified China as eligible to export processed chicken meat to the United States -- but with one caveat. The chicken has to be American.

In other words, American chicken will travel across the ocean once and return cooked and canned - to be sent on its way to a supermarket shelf near you.

The U.S. is the world's largest poultry producer. Almost all of the chicken consumed by Americans last year, valued at $50 billion, was produced domestically at about 30,000 chicken farms across the country. Total chicken production in 2005 totaled about 35 billion pounds.

If the U.S. is already self-sufficient in meeting its own chicken demand, what's the economic rational behind this China deal?

What?

 

[Toshi]

wow, that's pretty lame that the editors of money.cnn don't know the difference between rationale and rational.

in any case, i wouldn't be surprised if it were cheaper. doubt those chickens will be very fresh, however

 

[BurlyShirley]

It's wierd...I worked at a Tyson plant doing some HVAC work a while back. It didnt look like too expensive a gig. All the workers looked like illegals save a manager or two, and the whole process looked quick and easy. Mostly done by machines. Hard to see how they would save money.

 

[narlus]

nothing satisfies my hunger pangs like a nice can of chicken.

 

[Changleen]

Canned chicken :gross:

 

[blue]

I make a gnarcore Chicken Cashew salad with canned breasts

 

[MudGrrl]

I wish there was a sfw image of canned breasts.

 

[MMike]

I wish there was a sfw image of canned breasts.

don't we all.......