[kictanet] Counterfeit Eggs and why we must automate produce records

[Kivuva]

On the issue of fake-eggs, there has been an email going round on dead
chickens collected in dustbins and packaged for the market. Very scary.

http://message.snopes.com/showthread.php?t=14220

On 28 August 2012 17:21, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

> Mark
>
> Not in China. This is an interesting topic on ethics and the profit
> motive. Probably beyond that its criminal.
>
> Dr.Ndemo raises a point that is beyond this though. How have we opened up
> our countries to everything when we should actually be making a case for
> protecting nascent industries from unfair competition?
>
> For example Japan and Korea still protect their motor industries even
> after 20 years; America and the EU still has major subsidies for its
> agricultural sector. And the list goes on as can be seen by cases piling up
> at the WTO:-
>
>
> http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/dispu_by_country_e.htm#complainant
>
> An interesting fact: Only Egypt and South Africa have cases pending both
> for or against them at the WTO. This begs the question:-
>
> Don't African countries have issues to be resolved at the WTO? Doesn't
> Kenya? Last time I checked we were members...
>
> This issue of fake eggs just brings to the fore the implications both from
> a health perspective and an economical one the effects of free trade across
> borders without proper mechanisms to protect citizens and local industry.
>
> Ali Hussein
>
> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Mark Mwangi <mwangy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Fake Eggs? how. . .what. . .why would you go to all that
>> effort? wouldn't the real eggs be cheaper?
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 4:24 PM, <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Listers,
>>> When ISO standards were introduced to Kenya, few of us paid attention.
>>> Europe today insists on produce data including the soil type, amount
>>> fertilizer, chemicals aaplied etc. Time has come when we need all poultry
>>> data. There is evidence that it is far cheaper to produce conterfeit eggs
>>> than waiting for the checken to lay them.  See link below and why we must
>>> be vigilant.
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0US7JEfhsrA
>>>
>>> We need better scanning of all containers coming into this country and
>>> possibly monitor movement of all foreigners who have doggy incomes.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ndemo.
>>>
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