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Re:Experiment shows why ticket sellers hit you with last-sec... by buzzerbetrayed on Monday February 22, 2021 @09:59PM (#26233398)
Mind explaining more to someone who has never heard of this?
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Re:Experiment shows why ticket sellers hit you with last-sec... by WrtCdEvrydy on Monday February 22, 2021 @10:09PM (#26233452)
It's pretty common to ship chicken to china for processing since the cost of shipping is lower than labor... however since it was raised in the US, it's totally legal to say "US Raised Chickens"
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Re:Experiment shows why ticket sellers hit you with last-sec... by Retric on Monday February 22, 2021 @11:30PM (#26233837)
It’s actually extremely rare. As of 2018 there where 4 Chinese processing plants that took chickens killed and frozen in the US, thawed them out for processing, and then froze them again and shipped them back to the US. Bulk freight shipping is generally cheap, but shipping frozen goods across the Pacific Ocean twice adds up.
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Re:Experiment shows why ticket sellers hit you with last-sec... by steve_adams_86 on Monday February 22, 2021 @10:11PM (#26233464)
This just screams race to the bottom to me. There is absolutely no accounting for externalities. I need to look into whether or not Canada does this.
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Re:Experiment shows why ticket sellers hit you with last-sec... by WrtCdEvrydy on Monday February 22, 2021 @10:21PM (#26233516)
https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/news-opinion/news/tyson-fo...

Not sure if it happens in Canada...

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Re:Experiment shows why ticket sellers hit you with last-sec... by rootusrootus on Monday February 22, 2021 @11:10PM (#26233730)
Did you read the article? They are exporting chicken to China to be consumed there, not processed and shipped back.
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