- Im pretty sure I'm not the only person who would prefer not to know where and how their meat is processed . I think all of us have some idea of how unappealing the process is. Sadly we all have good reason to want to be oblivious to such things. Animals aren't taken care of properly and the meat isn't preserved the way you would like to hope it was . Think back to the lettuce and cabbage recall due to findings of ecoli . What exactly is ecoli ? Ecoli is a bacterium that is found in the gut of warm blooded organisms . There is one specific strain of ecoli that causes food poisoning in humans and this is the strain that was found in the cabbage and lettuce that was recalled a few years back . If that isn't concerning enough now they are saying that its being found in certain meat across the country . The worst type of ecoli (according to foodsaftey.gov) is O517:H7 . This causes humans to get symptoms such as :bloody diarrhea and can cause kidney failure and even death. Thats nothing to take lightly. But what can we do to make sure that the food that has that strain of ecoli does not land on our plate ? Thats the big question to ask here. Since most of the food companies keep what they do and how they do it a secret.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Eating crap ? Literally ? EW.
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ReplyDeleteI believe that it shouldn't be any strains or bacteria in my food, I pay for the food and then I have to worry in the long run about bloody diarrhea. E.COLI causes bad things to the human body and the government doesn't try to help or avoid this bacteria to the fullest capability as they should.
ReplyDeleteMy question to you Maria is How can we avoid E.COLI should we just avoid meat all around?
~ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/01/business/government-to-increase-e-coli-tests-in-raw-beef.html?_r=0
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ReplyDeleteI am curious to know what your other source is here. I think that you do a good job defining specifics for your reader. What is missing here is your suggestion for change. What do you think should be done about this?
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To add on to Sade's comment, i agree and i also question how we can avoid E-coli because if its in our meat and washing on to our veggies, what food are we able to ingest without having to worry what might affect our bodies and possibly kill us.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading your post and watching the video in class, i realize there is no escaping E-coli or any other disease that cows and chickens may have- now don't get me wrong this isn't stopping me from eating steak and nuggets or even chicken; its just making me and a bunch of Americans conscious and cautious about what the government is passing an okay on. I say this because in the video we saw how the cow's crap leaked in to the veggies and we also saw how the farmers didn't really clean up after them which is also a big issue. So my question is How can we avoid the multiple diseases especially E-coli?