More research on Chinese garlic...The FDA has reports on the amounts rejected at the port of entry because of various reasons: insect matter, mold, etc. If you break open a head of garlic (the white stuff from China) and it is brown in the middle, the chances are that the garlic has been irradiated. I like roots still on my heads of garlic and if it sprouts or has green in the middle of the clove, that tells me it wasn't irradiated. I know the garlic grown in China is less expensive, but really, do we need to buy garlic from that far away???? And, the dehydrated, powdered garlic from China--well that is known to contain lead, arsenic, and other chemicals.