Thread: USA: Cargill Mishandling Cows May Have Lead to Salmonella

In California? That's libbie country! Impossible.

So you have posted another Supposed to be this way posts, all very iffy info and nothing of any substance in any of it.

You should get together with the other conspiracy theory folks on here and maybe DD will make a special forum for you folks so you ain't fucking up the good shit.

Industrial food production is a fucking cancer and Cargill are one of the biggest tumours around.

Originally Posted by blackgang

all very iffy info and nothing of any substance in any of it.

have another look old timer...and this time use your bifocals....or magnifying glass.

At least 28 people in three western states have reported salmonella-related illnesses since last Thursday, when Fresno-based Beef Packers Inc. recalled nearly 826,000 pounds of ground beef.

inspection records from March 2008 show U.S. Department of Agriculture auditors found workers in Fresno were using electric prods to coax skittish cattle through a narrow chute leading into the slaughterhouse. When three cows refused to budge, they were stunned and rendered unconscious "so that they could be pulled through the restrainer to be shackled, hung and bled," the records state.

dragging unconscious cattle could increase the risk for E. coli and salmonella contamination because cow hides can pick up bacteria from feces that sometimes collect in or around the chute, experts said.

factory farming is a disgrace.

Say there Ray Baby, mayhaps you also need your Gold Rimmed Testicles cleaned so you can read what it says,, there is no hard and fast info here, only maybe and no citations issued.

Originally Posted by Mustyclit

The plant's parent company, Cargill Meat Solutions, said the animals balked because there were too many auditors present that day. The company appealed the alleged violation. The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service later rescinded the citation and instead sent Beef Packers a letter of concern.

[quote="Mustyclit"]workers in Fresno were using electric prods to coax skittish cattle through a narrow chute leading into the slaughterhouse. When three cows refused to budge, they were stunned and rendered unconscious "so that they could be pulled through the restrainer to be shackled, hung and bled," the records state. The USDA considers electric prods a humane tool when they are used properly on walking animals. But dragging unconscious cattle could increase the risk for E. coli and salmonella contamination because cow hides can pick up bacteria from feces that sometimes collect in or around the chute,[/quote]

And anytime there is any doubt, the co. always recalls tons of meat just to be safe, so a recall has no hard evidence either.

I only eat fish if it is cooked in my kitchen, I want to see that it is fresh and not spoiled, and I never have any food sicknessd since I made that rule.

I see no reply from The fairy or Musty as to the shady post she made,, I have read it 4 times and I see no facts of wrong doing by the meat company.

Even the title to her OP has no fact and leaves a great deal of speculation.

^ Smart way to eat fish. I don't buy fish or seafood from the market because I cannot gaurantee how fresh or rotten it is.

Originally Posted by blackgang

So you have posted another Supposed to be this way posts, all very iffy info and nothing of any substance in any of it.

You should get together with the other conspiracy theory folks on here and maybe DD will make a special forum for you folks so you ain't fucking up the good shit.

The good shit. Now that is funny!

Originally Posted by Milkman

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

In California? That's libbie country! Impossible.

Another misinformed over-generalization.

CA is liberal in the cities of LA and SF. Not Orange county and SD, and in the rural areas of CA it is a completely different mentality. Where the slaugherhouses and farming are you will see attitudes that are the opposite.

On the topic of meat, yes I've wondered what's in the processed factory meat that we eat. I've cut down on beef, but still eat chicken sparingly for heatlh reasons. I'll eat fish too, but don't cook it at home.

There is a meat industrial-complex.

I would reccommend eating only locally raised chicken but stay away from Tesco, etc, Fresh Mart (any t.m.'d brand means PROFIT for us -shit for y'all) all that is factory raised, same with eggs , buy local.
Fish is Iffy , farms may have them swimming in shit, which in and of itself is not so bad, but then the chemicals come into play.

With the way Thais ' ( and everyone else, really ) overfish I would not eat fish caught in Thai waters though it is probably relatively unpoisoned.

The last and ONLY sensible reason I stay in LoS is because I can procure relatively untainted produce. It may have pesticidal residue but at least it's expensive hormone and anti -biot free .

Originally Posted by raycarey

Originally Posted by blackgang

all very iffy info and nothing of any substance in any of it.

have another look old timer...and this time use your bifocals....or magnifying glass.

Not even the Hubble would help....Simply hopeless.

Originally Posted by raycarey

At least 28 people in three western states have reported salmonella-related illnesses since last Thursday, when Fresno-based Beef Packers Inc. recalled nearly 826,000 pounds of ground beef.

inspection records from March 2008 show U.S. Department of Agriculture auditors found workers in Fresno were using electric prods to coax skittish cattle through a narrow chute leading into the slaughterhouse. When three cows refused to budge, they were stunned and rendered unconscious "so that they could be pulled through the restrainer to be shackled, hung and bled," the records state.

dragging unconscious cattle could increase the risk for E. coli and salmonella contamination because cow hides can pick up bacteria from feces that sometimes collect in or around the chute, experts said....

factory farming is a disgrace.[/quote]

Originally Posted by MustavaMond

The last and ONLY sensible reason I stay in LoS is because I can procure relatively untainted produce. It may have pesticidal residue but at least it's expensive hormone and anti -biot free .

Bullshit and you know it.
and even the iffy title to the OP is a true if [MAY have] and your quotes from Fairy have also been addressed earlier as bullshit.

^ Friggin hilarious she is. More pesticides in Thailand than anywhere. She probably waits for fruit to drop from the tree, too, so she doesn't do it any psychological damage. 5555555555

Originally Posted by Milkman

^ Smart way to eat fish. I don't buy fish or seafood from the market because I cannot gaurantee how fresh or rotten it is.

Then you don't know how to shop! In Thailand, I bought all my fish at the market. Bright, clear eyes, shiny scales, ruby red gills, and no smell, except briny. You can also check the times the fishermen come in so it's straight off the boat. Shrimp, squid, whatever -- you can tell by the water they're in, the colour and the smell if they're fresh. I wouldn't buy veg at a supermarket, let alone meat and seafood. Here, we go down to the fish markets in Richmond unless someone goes fishing.

We had a similar food scare in Canada recently, with one of our top meat packers. I don't care. If I can't hit the deli, I still buy their black forest ham.
Always have e-coli scares with spinach and other veg. Musti's gonna starve soon or else spend the rest of her life married to an IV drip.

Originally Posted by blackgang

maybe DD will make a special forum for you folks so you ain't fucking up the good shit.

Good idea, I hope he calls it "US - Domestic Issues"

^ Nah...dish-washing, hoovering and laundry issues.

Originally Posted by Spin

Good idea, I hope he calls it "US - Domestic Issues"

He did that already and ANTSY has overran it.