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tmc2009

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I saw this article today.  I always hear about China's 2000 plus years of history and knowledge but they sure haven't learned from the wests past mistakes.  I saw a program where there are regions in china that have no bees.  In the future the most valuable resource will be clean land.  I wonder if those were Brunswick watermelons?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110517/ap_on_re_as/as_china_exploding_watermelons
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No need to feel awkward. Facts are facts. We either learn or are doomed to repeat them.
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LOL TMC!   Brunswick Watermelons!  :)

We shouldn't mess with Mother Nature.  It says people misused the chemical.

It says they misuse insecticides, as well.  That's a shame.

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JUST few(只是极少数人的个别行为，不能代表全体）
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JUST FEW (这只是少数，不能代表全部）
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Sounds like a load of BS. I have that happen to some of my watermelons and I use no hormones. Must have been a slow day at AP.
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Watermelons are very unique.
I have to agree with Ruben.

They must have tried to harvest them during or after a rain fall is one of my guess's. Some farmers prefer to load them at night when the air is cool.

Not a good idea to load melons in a dry van after a rain fall either.
Vents don't help. Imagine the heat inside the trailer with the wet melons just slowly cooking.

Every smell a rotten melon?

In my uneducated opinion, I think there is more to what they are saying as to what happened across the pond.
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I read the article.

They said they applied the hormone to late, close to harvest, and it caused it to expand too quickly. It is suppose to be applied early in the season but only to thick rind types. The thin ones can not handle the extra pressure of expansion.

The actually said it turned normal mature seeds inside white instead of normal black. Good fertilizing, water and sun, is good enough for my taste buds.
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Originally Posted by hml597

JUST few(只是极少数人的个别行为，不能代表全体）


I think HML is right - this is just one person's behavior, it doesn't represent everyone in China.

However, it reminds me of a report I saw on the CBS show 60 Minutes which aired a year or two ago.  It discussed China and their huge issues with regulation of foods.  There was one alleyway shop that was making cha siu bao (those tasty meat-stuffed white buns) by taking cardboard, shredding it, soaking it in a acidic solution, then flavoring it and stuffing it in the buns.  See this news article for another example of the same.

I think USA food regulations are quite a bit more strict, but you must also understand that we have a fraction of the population to keep up with, and many more people who are willing to speak out to the government.  We also require businesses to register for licensing and we do mandatory health exams on restaurants.

Then again, as someone who has worked in the food industry, I've seen some disgusting practices here in the USA also.
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Not to take this even further:

But I wonder how many people realize a certain % of containments-bugs, byproducts, etc are allowed in food- otherwise not much would be allowed on store shelves.

In otherwords- That can of Tomato sauce is not 100% tomato sauce-.oo1% is other.

Just a fact
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I forgot about this, I love marinated artichoke hearts and I opened a jar of a major brand and thought they tasted funny, sort of like rubber.  On closer inspection I found two latex glove fingers in the jar.  I should have sent them in to the customer relations department but I left them in a cup and by the time a thought about it they had dryed up into something unrecognizable.  Maybe I could have received a couple of free cases or a  life time supply?  I hope what little I did eat were artichokes?
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One word-Yikes!
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