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Default Dangerous Bacteria Found In Ground Turkey


"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 1 May 2013 09:27:37 -0700, Paul M. Cook wrote:
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>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:43:03 -0800, Judy Haffner wrote:
>>>
>>>> Of the 257 samples of ground turkey tested, more than half were found
>>>> to
>>>> be positive for fecal bacteria and overall, 90 percent were
>>>> contaminated
>>>> with one or more types of disease-causing organisms, many of which
>>>> proved resistant to one or more common antibiotics, Consumer Reports
>>>> found.
>>>
>>> Once the USDA gets wind of this, they will no doubt crack down on
>>> these dirty turkey farms and make our food supply safe for
>>> consumption. Just as they are doing with chicken.

>>
>> No they won't. We can't afford food inspection. We're broke.

>
> The processors/manufacturers should be paying for the inspector(s).
> But the Big Meat lobby has made sure that nobody has ever proposed
> such a simple plan.
>


That sure sounds like soshilizm to me. The free market will keep meat safe.