CORPORATE PERFIDY III

                                                            CORPORATE PERFIDY III

                                                          

    Cautions were highlighted in a previous article regarding sources of foods for human consumption, pet foods, health supplements and original and generic prescription pills, when packaging information states only.“Distributed by.” A conclusion can be made concerning probability that the product came from an unidentified nation, and definitely not made in the United States. As such, the consumer has virtually no reliable assurance that the products were made in surroundings  at least as good as their own kitchen, with raw material streams of pristine quality.

     A facet of the production environment is the water that is used for processing. Huge tonnages pass through the factories that produce the above  consumer goods. If a person is to become a consumer, for example, of the chickens that the United States Department of Agriculture agreed could be shipped to China for processing, it is reasonable to desire assurance that the water used to process those chickens is of the highest quality, bacteria free.  But no assurance will be given, and the packaged chickens, sold on U.S. store shelves, will only say “Distributed by.”

     The international water supply is recognized as a critical problem, especially for under-developed and even industrially rising nations, but the influence is global.

    A number of articles have been published on the water issue, even extending to the possibility of future“water wars” over claims to prime natural sources. Among recent ones are:

1. Jonathan Hujsak, January 1, 2010 .  Cost Management; John Wiley & Sons.
    The Emerging Water Crisis and its Economic Implications. Part 1: Defining the Problem   

2. Jonathan Hujsak, January 1, 2011.  Cost Management; John Wiley & Sons.
    The Emerging Water Crisis and its Economic Implications. Part 2: The Global Food Supply Chain.

3. Jonathan Hujsak, January 1, 2012.  Cost Management; John Wiley & Sons.
    The Emerging Water Crisis and its Economic Implications. Part 3: Water and the Global
Industrial Sector.