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Obviously that's Commie fish if the company doesn't know that the flag is not supposed to be used for any kind of advertising, or on any product which is meant to be thrown away.

Ocean Park needs to go back to the Cub Scouts.

@RedSonSuperDave: Sadly disrespect for the flag is both common and disgusting, IMO.

Yesterday was Flag Day, too!

Almost as good as the Right's panties being tangled up in a bunch because a Prez candidate doesn't wear a US flag pin on their lapel... That's made in China.
Sigh. Stoopid Ammerikans.

Waittasec: do I see bosoms on that package? Cleavage?!

Communism is just a red herring!

i like winco. its much cheaper than safeway or fred-meyers

seeing as most US flags and lapel buttons are made in China it's not surprising.

I checked the frozen fish my wife likes because you just bake it's a US product but has no American flag on it... ironic.

This is basically the same thing as labeling something as made in america if it was made in china. So what kind of punishments are there when this happens.

What could be more American than buying yet another "partrio-flagified" product made in China?

WinCo still pwns Safeway, Albertson's, Fred Meyer et al on prices any day.

La mamma dei cretini è sempre incinta.

Lame.

Also, FOOD from CHINA? These freaks allow poison in half their non-food exports. Knowing this, who in their right mind would EVER allow food raised in China in their house?

No offense, but having a huge flag plastered on something makes me want to buy it LESS.

It seems like a pretty common occurance. Today at my local Pathmark, my younger brother brought a plush football shaped toy to me.

On the label, there's a huge, conspicuous American flag with the caption saying: "A Proud American Company." Directly underneath it, in tiny print (maybe 6px or so): "Made in China."

Yes Indeed.

This 4th of July be on the look out for decorations, etc made in the USA. Good luck.

@dgp: That is a bit of an exaggeration.

At least the frozen salmon at Hyvee is blatant about the fact that it is a Chinese product. It has both Chinese and Latin font labels on the front. It is also $3.99 a pound and they have been trying to unload the same truckload of this salmon by moving it to various store locations around town. Maybe they should slap some flag stickers on the front to move it out the doors.

I buy my saffron from Iran. The last time I got an order it came in a very patriotic tin with an American flag on it. I'm still quite tickled by the flag.

@Eldritch: I came here to say just that.

has no one mentioned the number of stars on that flag yet? i cant get 50 on there but that glare...

@Trai_Dep: Those aren't busoms. Clearly you don't know your fish.

@dgp: Chill out. Tilapia is raised in China's finest bathtubs and flocculation tanks.

@Schlake: I buy my tilapia from Biosphere-2. They raise it in their ponds. They have a fit every time they have to break the airlock so I can pick up my order, but I'm convinced the quality is better than Chinese.

I bought this little party widget that shoots confetti. Prominent on the packaging is an American flag. Beneath the flag is bold text proclaiming "Product of the USA". Beneath the bold text in very fine print is "Made in China". So it's not just fish.

I should start an operation here in my house producing Chinese flags, with the obligatory Made In The USA tags sewn on. The irony would be so worth it. I could then pimp them out with some faxes to Carrefour and Wal-Mart in Shanghai.

@dgp: Right now on consumerist.cn some equally xenophobic commenter is aghast that anyone would eat American. What with salmonella on the tomatoes, e.coli in the spinach, mad cow in the beef, GM crops in virtually every packaged food product on the market shelf...

The fireworks you set off on the Fourth of July are made in China, too.

Winco is gross. DO NOT buy meat or produce there. I regularly see moldy/rotten produce in the store. A few years ago, they had to pull all their beef because the suppliers cows had been exposed to mad cow. Yummy, no??

My personal favourite is a sock drawer organizer. On the back of the box was Old Glory and written underneath the flag was "Proudly Made For the USA"

@humorbot: Do you think food from China is safer? The Chinese can't seem to keep lead and industrial chemicals out of anything. Add that on top of typical biological problems like disease.

I bought some new pet treats the other day that appeared to have been locally made with holistic ingredients. Then when I got home and inspected the bag, I found that they were actually a 'product of China'. After last year's pet food problems with Chinese glutens and melamine contamination, I would never buy anything edible for human or pet from China. So into the trash those expensive treats went.

And for everyone who will ask, why didn't I return them--because it was my mistake. The store didn't do anything to mislead me. I just didn't read the bag closely enough. I will be having a little talk with the store manager, however, about carrying any pet edibles from CHINA after last year's devastating contamination deaths.

Remember: never trust packaging. It's just marketing you can hold.

Ironically it's the packaging that reads "PRODUCT OF CHINA".

Not surprised. Our "patriotic" items are made in other countries because apparently we won't make 'em here. Our pothole covers are made in India, as most of the cost would be to ship them here. And our $200 sneakers, that we wear with so much pride, are made by slave children.

The worst part: That's not tilapia in the bag...it's a RED HERRING!

So, which is better: devouring tasty commie fish, or allowing them swim on and poison the minds of impressionable young fry around the globe?

{/snark}