Where's the Beef - Coming From?


	Where's the Beef - Coming From?

nedhamson1

10-5-2009 7:37 AM

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industial greed, the jungle redux

nedhamson1 says:

USDA Inspected - so it's safe - right? Well it used to be, when there were enough government inspectors on the job. But take 99 out of the 100 there used to be and the results is lots of people get sick, some die, and some get paralyzed for life like then-22 year-old dance instructor Stephanie Smith. Why is the US meat market less safe than in Japan or Europe? Ideology, not science. Greed, not any care for the consumer.

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