Senator Rick Scott of Florida is pushing to crack down on imports of Chinese garlic, claiming it poses a “major threat” to security and safety because it may be grown in human sewage and harvested with slave and child labor.
Scott, a Republican, sent a series of letters to U.S. trade, labor, and agriculture agencies on Monday calling for Chinese garlic to be investigated and put on U.S. trade watchlists, saying that claims of sewer garlic, if verified, would pose a “significant ethical and legal issue” to the U.S. supply chain.
