The USDA ordered the largest meat recall ever - 143 million pounds of frozen and raw beef - two years worth of Hallmark/Westland meatpacking productions. The California meat packer's lack of prevention of ailing animals from entering the food supply warranted the recall, and was more of a "precautionary measure" utilized by the USDA to reinforce guidelines for animal regulations. The USDA ensures the American public that the meat supply is safe. The recall came three weeks after video footage of a Hallmark/Westland worker committing "egregious violations" against a "downer" - sick, immobile bovine, leaked on to the internet. Is the recall monumental or is it a mere slap on the wrist in the spectrum of safe meat production in America? Should there be a higher quantity and quality of food safety regulations, especially for school lunch programs, or is the recall evidence of the USDA competently doing it's job?
As a safety precaution, I can offer this fact: ground turkey is a lean and delicious alternative to beef!
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Lord knows, we're so high on saftey these days, when something truely terrible happens, we won't know what to do. I find this, actually, very hilarious. Thank you USDA, what would we do without you! My god, we would have to eat beef like we did 100 years ago! =O
I'm being mean, but, it's still funny to me.
just think if someone had not leaked what they witnessed.
TVP is also a good beef alternative.
>My god, we would have to eat beef like we did 100 years ago!
Of course, 100 years ago, the average American lifespan was about half what it is now. I wonder why...
Yes, and everytime someone coughs we quickly run to a pill. Just like if you take any drug to help 'boost' something, the body stops making it because well, the body already has it, then when you stop cold turkey, your body doesn't know how to react. I'm not saying everyone has gone soft, I'm saying something's got to give.
There might be some people that do this, but most don't.
Even with this, people here live longer than ever before, so this doesn't appear to be a significant problem.
Where's the beef Baby?
I think that there should be stricter rules and regulations for any company that is dealing with a product that will be consumed by humans. There are huge consequences for the american people who have to eat these types of products....lets not all forget about the spinach problem we had not too long ago.
I don't have a "tyler's mom" in my gradebook, so I can't give you credit for this unless you put your actual name on it.
I think there definitely should be stricter rules for any kind of food production company. There have been too many food recalls in the past couple of years. We buy there products, they should take the time to make sure they are for okay for humans to consume.
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