Me too.  More reasons every year not to eat cows (or pigs or chickens or lambs or whatever.)

Thanks for the new thread catbird.  Cool!

http://itchmoforums.com/off-topic/vegetarian-eating-t2620.0.html

The bread the brains are between looks devoid of any nutritional value-kinda like cardboard with a lil color added to make one think its healthy for you.... NOT.

Hi Pat!

I do not doubt your beef or ground burger is as fresh as it can be, as you are pretty conscientious about your product and want to produce the very best you can for consumer consumption.

However, when I was watching the Congressional Hearing on this matter, it was a stated and admitted fact, that the ground burger was, indeed, up to two years old and they showed the freezers and full bags of that swill on television.  Yes, Cargill was named, and they got away selling their ground burger until E coli strain 0157 H:7 hit the markets twice in less than one month!

It is just the same ole, same ole, Pat.  Big business simply does not care 100% about the quality of the product they produce, they simply care about the amount of money it renders.  Truly a sad situation, as the population in the US, including the children, are becoming sick and recalls are becoming commonplace from foods manufactured in America.  It will only be a matter of time, that the propensity for death from laxness in "record keeping" or "critical safety plans" (as in ConAgra) will become a reality and not just a thought away tucked within our minds ... how very frightening, but moreso, how sad, because all is completely preventable with stringency.

I am sure most will agree with me when I say, the food chain and its policing agencies NEED overhauling expeditiously (before we find it is too late).  Throughout all of this, though, is the importance of the mindset of the copious consumers who have become aware of the goings on and state, they have been turned off by all that has transpired of late in the food chain, particularly and especially with animal meats.  How unfortunate, as down the line in time this notion could very well trickle down and affect the profits of those who truly care about the products they produce, and that is a hard price for innocent business to pay because of businesses that do not see the need for stringent hygiene and safety in food manufacturing.

Sincerely,
Donna

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