Now The Latest Problem With Rice Is Lead :roll:

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Now The Latest Problem With Rice Is Lead :roll:

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Hi All,

Apparently the problem is with imported rice (so far at least). But for all I know maybe they have only tested imported rice. :shrug:

US rice imports 'contain harmful levels of lead'

Has anyone else noticed that the FDA never catches this stuff? It's almost always some other organization that discovers problems with food contamination. Taxpayers waste a heck of a lot of hard-earned money on the FDA, and they don't seem to get much in return.

At least they have agreed to review the report. Now isn't that downright magnanimous of them. :lol:

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Yikes

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I guess arsenic wasn't enough.......... :roll:
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Hi, The dangerous part of imported rice is that some manufacturers may use the outsourced rice as a ingredient in a prepacked product and do not disclose where the rice was grown. Jon
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That sucks. I eat Jasmine rice from thailand :(
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Tex,


Isn't all rice imported from the Orient? I never heard of rice fields in this country...

It is, indeed, very magnanimous of them :lol:


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California grows rice
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Monique,

Over 90 % of the rice we consume is grown in this country. Most of it is grown across the South, but Leah is correct — California also grows rice. Here's a link that shows the major rice production states:

http://www.usarice.co.uk/usarice_en/ric ... ce_regions

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Well, la di da...see what you learn when you just ask the questions... :lol:


I am like Leah, I only buy jasmine rice which is from the Orient (hence my ignorance)....


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Hi, The lastest reports say that rice from California is the best. Jon
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Just checked the Aussie Rice Growers association web page

Aussie grown rice is supplied to 60 major international destinations including the Middle East, North America and Asia.
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Jon wrote:Hi, The lastest reports say that rice from California is the best.
That report sounds as though it was probably written by someone from the California Rice Commission. :lol:

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