It seems that our Compassionate Conservative President isn't willing to address issues that are of
VITAL importance to us. He wants to fingerprint people entering and exiting the country, when he
should be attending to the welfare of the Republic, such as safe guarding our food supply.
makeashorterlink.commakeashorterlink.comOpen ↗ . this is what really creeped me out::
According to USDA spokesman Matthew Baun, it's up to consumers to check with their grocers, butchers
or restaurants to find out if any of the recalled meat may have landed on their tables.
"We are prohibited from releasing information that companies would consider proprietary,'' he
explained. "If you are concerned whether you may have purchased the product, you can call your
retail store. They would know. .. . The only way to know for sure is to contact stores."
All this secrecy is grounded in USDA rules surrounding the voluntary nature of tainted meat recalls,
and in an 18-month-old memorandum of understanding that arose in an earlier tainted-meat episode.
The memorandum was agreed to between the federal agency, California and several other states, and
was meant to give states a bigger role in verifying that the recall was working.
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I'm unclear why this hasn't been an issue here in rfc. Sure we've had "you too" from Canadian
supporters, but no post has indicated the complicity of our government to such a degree.
The public distribution of (however faintly) tainted cattle parts is a very serious matter and the
reluctance of our government to regulate it is truly concerning. Our rights have been eaten away by
the Patriot Act, yet no one in government is willing to stand up and declare that parts from a few
tainted animals should be recalled? So what if that mean every single animal part should be
returned? We are talking about the public welfare... health and safety.
In the end, it turns out that meat for pet food is better regulated than meat for human consumption.
Practice safe eating - always use condiments