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What's really in that burger? E.coli and chicken feces both allowed by USDA

- There are 14 billion hamburgers consumed each year in the United States alone. The people who eat those burgers, though, have little knowledge of what's actually in them. Current USDA regulations, for example, openly allow beef contaminated with E. coli to be repackaged, cooked and sold as ready-to-eat hamburgers.

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  • +6 raves Leeaqua November 06, 2009 16:57:52
    Leeaqua
    Most people are full of shit anyway and a few bacteria just help to clean them out ! LOL
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    Michael Ignatieff, Chef de ... November 07, 2009 16:20:33
    Michael Ignatieff, Chef de L'Opposition
    Ew, that's disgusting. Makes me never want to eat meat produced by the US anymore, nor any meat at all.
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    bpress November 07, 2009 06:51:35
    bpress
    Here is another discussion about it. Jonathan Safran Foer's beef with factory farms and his new book, "Eating Animals."
    http://www.salon.com/books/jo...
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    Mordecai Jones November 07, 2009 04:25:13
    Mordecai Jones
    Natural news being a Taiwanese corporation front for PETA certainly lends to the BS factor doesn't it?
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    Mordecai Jones November 07, 2009 04:20:45
    Mordecai Jones
    This is pure BS. Just another PETA based line of crap trying to get people to not eat animal products.
    This has been shot down as "not true" like most of the rest of the PETA crap.

    It is irresponsible to distract people with this sort of dishonest nonsense. When there is a serious issue, as there has been in the past, people don't know how to react for their own safety.

    This is like the hardware store that sells plywood and sponsors the Hurricane warnings on the TV news.
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    PLANETE... Mordeca... November 07, 2009 05:13:51
    PLANETEATER
    "This has been shot down as "not true" like most of the rest of the PETA crap. "

    Shot -down by whom?
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    Mordeca... PLANETE... November 07, 2009 14:53:06
    Mordecai Jones
    I speak from the cattleman point of view but I also have some familiarity with the other livestock producers business.

    The video is a composite of scenes that are as much as 60 years old and from different countries around the world. Most of the issues that the video claims would bankrupt an American producer. There were some American producers along with producers in other countries who were running filthy, and inhumane operations. The FDA, and numerous other agencies have been after them and shutting them down.

    You need to look at the changes in cattle business that have been made by people like Dr. Temple Grandin. ( http://www.grandin.com/ )

    Maltreatment of the animals is wrong and it is a huge money loser for producers. None of us are making more than marginal profits and we cannot afford the filthy, inhumane, and expensive conditions shown in the PETA video.

    A bruised cow becomes a "dark cutter" at the slaughterhouse and that means a huge loss of profits for the producer.
    Excited or frightened animals will jump around. If you are giving injections and break off a syringe and it reaches the market place in the meat it would cause national havoc. There is a long list of reasons that people just don't maintain the conditions in the video.

    The National Cattlemans As...





    I speak from the cattleman point of view but I also have some familiarity with the other livestock producers business.

    The video is a composite of scenes that are as much as 60 years old and from different countries around the world. Most of the issues that the video claims would bankrupt an American producer. There were some American producers along with producers in other countries who were running filthy, and inhumane operations. The FDA, and numerous other agencies have been after them and shutting them down.

    You need to look at the changes in cattle business that have been made by people like Dr. Temple Grandin. ( http://www.grandin.com/ )

    Maltreatment of the animals is wrong and it is a huge money loser for producers. None of us are making more than marginal profits and we cannot afford the filthy, inhumane, and expensive conditions shown in the PETA video.

    A bruised cow becomes a "dark cutter" at the slaughterhouse and that means a huge loss of profits for the producer.
    Excited or frightened animals will jump around. If you are giving injections and break off a syringe and it reaches the market place in the meat it would cause national havoc. There is a long list of reasons that people just don't maintain the conditions in the video.

    The National Cattlemans Association runs programs every year to train ag workers. It is called the BQA ( http://www.bqa.org/ ) and it is part of training hands to maintain the proper conditions. There are lots of similar programs.

    If you are really interested in being a part of the solutions how about supporting for COOL on every single retail food package or container? COOL is Country Of Origin Labeling so you can target the real issues that threaten the food supplies.

    Processed meat such as hamburger is exempt from COOL.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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    Arizona... Mordeca... November 08, 2009 15:05:55
    Arizona1950
    Thank you Mordecai. Again the voice of reason who backs it up with facts. You are without a doubt ...

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    idlewild November 07, 2009 04:01:03
    idlewild
    You might also be shocked by the bug particles and mouse feces in flour.
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    PLANETE... idlewild November 07, 2009 05:14:13
    PLANETEATER
    No I am not shocked
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    idlewild PLANETE... November 07, 2009 15:33:43
    idlewild
    GOOD have a bun with that vegy burger.
  • PLANETE... idlewild November 07, 2009 16:04:48
    PLANETEATER
    I don't eat soy either. I'd enjoy a nice plate of steamed broccoli over browned rice with sauteed bean sprouts and cabbage.
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    Theodon PLANETE... November 07, 2009 17:18:39
    Theodon
    You know what the Native Americans called a vegetarian?

    A lousy hunter!
  • idlewild PLANETE... November 08, 2009 03:22:11
    idlewild
    Would go well with a ribeye.
  • PLANETE... idlewild November 08, 2009 04:18:59
    PLANETEATER
    Yeah it would
  • idlewild PLANETE... November 08, 2009 18:39:32
    idlewild
    Or blackened catfish.
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    Bundino Squiggalucci November 07, 2009 02:39:30
    Bundino Squiggalucci
    Thats so gross and sickening
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    409 November 07, 2009 01:37:45
    409
    *throws up a little in mouth*
    Thank god I'm a vegetarian...
  • PLANETE... 409 November 07, 2009 05:14:41
    PLANETEATER
    Me too.
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    edwardwillispcf November 07, 2009 01:14:01
    edwardwillispcf
    the usda is another agency that needs to be fixed
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    Mordeca... edwardw... November 07, 2009 04:22:10
    Mordecai Jones
    So you are advertising for PETA? (People eating Tasty Animals)
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