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Wednesday, 11 December 2019
quote [ A new rule, finalized today, would reduce the number of government food safety inspectors in pork plants by 40 percent and remove most of the remaining inspectors from production lines. In their place, a smaller number of company employees — who are not required to receive any training — would conduct the “sorting” tasks that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) previously referred to as “inspection.” The rule would also allow companies to design their own microbiological testing programs to measure food safety rather than requiring companies to meet the same standard. ]
The free market will solve it. You know, when safe food isn't as profitable as unsafe food, the poor have no choice, and we just accept food-related death as a normal part of life.
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ooo[......7 said @ 5:38am GMT on 11th Dec
Well I'm done with meat now. I knew this day was coming, the republicans were pushing in this direction more and more and here it is. I just bought this beautiful tritip and lit looks like it will be my last for a long time.
I recommend you do the same. |
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rylex said @ 5:46am GMT on 11th Dec
[Score:1 Underrated]
you gotta make friends with people that ranch
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snowfox said[1] @ 5:46am GMT on 11th Dec
You think the other foods will be safe? If China taught us anything, it's that you can cut anything with poison if it's cheaper. Cat food, baby food, toothpaste...
The Libertarians are getting what they said they wanted. No one learned anything from Colorado Springs. |
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5th Earth said @ 6:12am GMT on 11th Dec
*vegetarian smug mode activated*
But seriously, fuck this. It's not about meat, it's about the absolute pants-shitting idiocy of pretending that self-regulation has ever worked well for anything ever. |
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snowfox said @ 6:22am GMT on 11th Dec
You are correct. That is why I have a suspicion produce and processed foods will not be safe either. We already have understaffed enforcement and frequent recalls for foods because of listeria and e. coli. What happens when there isn't enough centralized agency left to notice a pattern in illness and trace it back to a source? When, even if that happens, the source is not publicly announced let alone recalled?
This is going to be bad. I truly believe damages from contaminated food will be cheaper than proper food safety and inspection. If our only affordable choices all decide to go that route, there is no pressure to create a good product. This is the profit motive fallacy in action once again. They told us it leads to better products, but it leads to more profitable products, and it turns out that cheap, poor quality goods are more profitable than expensive, high quality goods. |
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ooo[......7 said @ 7:35am GMT on 11th Dec
I mean, there are romaine warning signs at just about every store and restaurant I've been to. Not sure the smugness is justified.
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discolemonade2.0 said @ 6:20am GMT on 11th Dec
Im sure this will be fine.
Whats the worst that could happen? |
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discolemonade2.0 said @ 6:22am GMT on 11th Dec
*stares in upton sinclair*
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mechanical contrivance said @ 3:00pm GMT on 11th Dec
We're back to cooking pork to 180 again.
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snowfox said @ 4:10am GMT on 12th Dec
We don't have much trichinosis in the US pork supply and apparently it's because we raise the pigs indoors. So don't get free range pork? As a Frenchman I know that animal suffering increases deliciousness. And butter. Lots of butter.
It's bacterial contamination and potentially spongiform diseases you'll have to worry about. We don't have a lot of those brain eating prions diseases but new ones can emerge. |
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the circus said @ 12:12pm GMT on 12th Dec
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