Do you think workers ensure a safe food production in factories where food is being processed? Do you think they insist on care in and cleanliness in food handling? As stated in the video Fast Food Nation, there have been a decrease in health inspections. Factory workers are not operating in the most sanitary fashion. In accordance with Upton Sinclair"s "The Jungle", the meat packing industry is corruptive and gross. In the 20th century in Chicago, workers were losing limbs in meat grinders, rats were running across the meat and water from the drains were dirty. This poor sanitation had caused food poisoning and bacteria which spread throughout the factory. Companies had taken no precautions for public health. This is beginning to happen again throughout meat packing industries across the country. The FDA detects that since a lot of meat is being distributed throughout the country and the economy is rising due to this, what is the point of examining the meat. All they care about is money and not about the public becoming sick.
I want to say and believe that all factory settings are really clean and all our food is handled with care but I simply can't believe that anymore. As you have stated before, there have been a decrease in health inspections and since this has happened, I believe that the factories can get lazy and quit maintaining their various factories since they wouldn't have a fear of being shut down. I think it's horrible that the government would care about money more than the person actually consuming the meat.
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Nicco, where is your additional evidence?
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Again, That's pretty gross, and I'd also like to agree with Nicco and say that our food's safe but it's a lie. Otherwise there wouldn't be so many food out breaks. Someone's not keeping their nose clean and it doesn't help when the FDA takes bribes either. You're better off eating air at this point. Everything is contaminated with something even if you eat vegan or organic products. There's always a trap. I wonder why the government won't do anything about this? I'd rather die a from a bomb than a slow and painful death from e coli.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57582792/frozen-pizza-recall-digiorno-california-pizza-kitchen-products-affected/
http://www.offthegridnews.com/2012/06/21/legalized-bribery-alive-and-well-in-washington-as-congress-reapproves-fda-user-fees-for-drug-companies/
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DeleteYou are totally right, Amanda. There are so many contaminants in our food and we don't know it. It's all because we don't know what our food goes through to make it to our plate. It's truly a tragedy because a lot of people are falling ill and dying due to the contaminants in our food. Every time you sit down to chow down on some food, you are consuming so many dangerous bacterias. It all goes back to the conditions. As you know, the conditions are not great at all!
ReplyDeleteSome of the contaminants in our foods are:
E. Coli
Campylobacter and
Listeria
http://www.peta.org/living/vegetarian-living/meat-contamination.aspx
In your opinion, do you think that changes will ever be made for the better of the public?
--Joseph
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DeleteVIEWPOINT: Again I agree that this is pretty sad to believe that the FDA has gotten to the point that they are completely careless of how repugnant the factories are that our food is being made in. Do these people not eat the food we eat that they can be okay with this, I understand money is "is everything" but there is no way that anyone can be okay with these places being so nasty. Nobody seems to wanna make a change but people are getting sicker and sicker is that not something to care about? There are times where there are recalls and certain foods because they weren't stamped correctly or have been contaminated with illnesses and this does not cause anyone to stand up and do anything ?
ReplyDeleteEVIDENCE: (http://www.fda.gov/Food/RecallsOutbreaksEmergencies/default.htm)
@Amanda: What changes should the FDA have to make in order to do what they are actually supposed too?
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DeleteI think it's gross that every time we sit down to eat there's that risk of consuming deadly bacteria.
ReplyDeleteBacteria such as:
-Yersinia enterocolitica
-Salmonella
-Staphylococcus aureus
-Enterococcus
-E.coli
I don't understand how it's possible that there are countless records of people getting sick due to the conditions of the meat industries yet nothing is being done. Especially because on the USDA website there's a long list of regulations in order for meat companies to be able to prepare meat.
Are people lying about inspections taking place? Or are inspectors not following the rules and that's what's letting these little bugs through? Should there be more inspections or should there be a new system to ensure that meat be 100% safe?
Sources:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081029141035.htm
http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2012/11/28/report-finds-69-pork-contaminated-with-bacteria/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/30/ground-turkey-study-fecal-bacteria_n_3186285.html
http://www.hasbro.com/babyalive/en_US/dolls/shop/browse/Baby-Alive/Dolls-Plush-Toys/_/N-2nZ93/No-24