E. Coli seems to be making it's way into our food. Meat packaging plants are not taking the proper precautions on ensuring that the meat is safe to be consumed. It's even making it's way into our school cafeterias! Parents feel that their kids aren't getting the nutritional meals that they should be getting from their school. The USDA and the FDA need to step up their game to ensure that meat, in addition to other goods, are safe to be consumed.
http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/04/09/recalled-food-reaches-school-children
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57578139/frozen-food-recall-over-e-coli-expands-to-more-farm-rich-products/
Why aren't these foods tested and deemed unhealthy before they're sent out?
--Joseph
It is very disturbing to know that us humans are consuming processed foods that contain E-coli. Since cows cannot properly digest what is being fed to them (corn), a bacteria is being created and virally spreads to other cows and other crops from their waste being traveled by rain. GROSS!! And I also agree when you mentioned that the FDA needs to be more serious about this situation. There are deaths being reported because of E. coli. According to the food inc. film, the number of FDA heath inspections has decreased over time. Showing us that they don't really care.
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DeleteI don't understand the government's negligence towards food at all. You need people to support an economy why would you kill them? The less people living the less people to condone to the economy. E colli can be prevented it's just that the government and the companies are so greedy and money hungry that they don't want to be responsible. The Meat industry is a market that sells and sells very well because almost everyone eats meat.
ReplyDeleteIts very sad how they send out food without testing it. Most of the time schools give out hamburgers, Correction...according to your blog, UNTESTED hamburgers. These meat could be carrying E. coli, and believe me, after learning about it, it's not something you want to get from food. E. coli is a deadly disease basically from Cow POOP. According to the FOOD INC. documentary , this disease is caused because of bad and dirty farming, that causes bacteria to be passed around the farm. Based on your evidence provided, they said there was symptoms of illness that the children showed after certain foods.
ReplyDeleteMore Evidence that could be useful:
http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/CausesOfIllnessBadBugBook/ucm071284.htm
-Danisha
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DeleteThat's nasty. They even had to recall their dairy related products as well! It makes you think just how far into our food has all these bacteria and other various chemicals have gotten to. Some of these comes from the U.S demand for more meat anyway! Cows stomachs are engineered to eat grass not corn, however we are feeding cows and other animals corn just because its so easy over produce. A grass fed cows are actually way better then these corn fed cows.The corn fed cows not only have the possible threat of E. Coli but they have fewer nutrients then the Grass fed cows. I understand that Supply has to meet demand , but with all this scary stuff out there I feel I can wait for my meat!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.healthytheory.com/corn-fed-vs-grass-fed-beef
-DeVaughn
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ReplyDeleteJoseph,
ReplyDeleteI agree that the government needs to step their game up. I wonder though if they will. Here is the deal: the people who are elected into office are elected BY the citizens. It is their job to represent citizens; their first (and TOP) priority is to rep the people who voted for them because, at the end of the day they (or their party) want to be reelected. How will the government step into action if the CITIZENS don't step into caring?!
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