Health: Tainted Meat – nytimes.com/video
Posted by admin on Nov 1, 2009
Stephanie Smith’s reaction to a strain of E. coli was extreme, but neither the system meant to make meat safe, nor the meat itself, is what consumers have been led to believe.
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This video needs to …
This video needs to be shown to as many people as possible.
Immunity system …
Immunity system sucks
Good luck Stephanie …
Good luck Stephanie, I hope you get better soon. I think she should go to China and have stem cells implanted in her spine to get her walking again. It helped a guy in S. Florida. Stephanie google, David Aldrich, 45, of Delray Beach as reported in the Sun Sentinel. He had a tragic accident from diving in shallow water and ended up blind and a quadriplegic and now is walking again.
Do you have any …
Do you have any idea how many people eat rare beef? Hundreds of millions of beef dishes are eaten everyday and the number of people who get very sick from it is relatively small. The meat industry needs to do everything it can to ensure the meat itself is safe. Their product needs to be safe. It’s possible to eat raw beef and not get sick, when the animal’s butchered “cleanly”. We’ve heard of tens of millions of pounds of beef getting recalled for safety screw-ups. Cooking well helps, yes.
They want to run …
They want to run small farmers out off their land Clean water Act, clean food Act & Animal ID Monsanto is buying up all farms in Obama Administration Ag Dept
Nobody can say it …
Nobody can say it was the food industry. What if her mother didn’t cook the burgers good enough and now is trying to get paid by suing. Now if she would of ate at a burger joint she would probably have a case.
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I washed the fresh …
I washed the fresh spinach real good, but still I got ecolai. I had strong dhiarea for more than a week, that is when I got worried &I went to the emergency room. Anyways, they did nothing for me. I told them I ate spinach and I think it caused it. It was 4 or 5 years ago. A year passed and an outbreak occured in NY and I am sure plenty of people died. If the doctors did their job and reported it to the centers for disease control or some other state food safety agency to investigate the source
This is the most …
This is the most effective form of consumer protection.
Expose the food companies and you can be better assured that they will clean up their act.
The local meat sold at our farmer’s market is seeming like a great option now–even with it being a bit more expensive than store bought beef.
You’re right. What …
You’re right. What they mean when they cite “cost” concerns is, “but if we test it and it’s contaminated, then we can’t sell it & it will cut into our profit margins.” This way they can feign ignorance and try to pass the buck if an outbreak does occur. Pigs.
People have to be a …
People have to be a lot more concerned about what they are eating and feeding to their families. I’ve been a vegetarian for about 14 years now but my husband and kids are not. So we will only purchase meat from a local butcher who gets his product from a local family farmer with a very small operation. I know it’s more expensive, but you can’t put a price on your kid’s heads. We also always have Venison on hand from hunting trips which can be even better than beef when prepared right.
Nope, you shouldnt. …
Nope, you shouldnt. You do not have to fry it until it is black though. You only have to heat it to 160F. That isnt that hot to be honest..
That is sad. …
That is sad.. heres hoping you get better Stephanie!! Dont give up ..
Foreign …
Foreign distributors are the same as US distributors. The standards for raising cows for meat are the same everywhere. It all leads to uncleanliness and animal abuse. And due to the demand for cow meat due to overpopulation, the speed in which animals are raised is sped up, leaving little room for looking over the meat.
I will guarantee …
I will guarantee you that the tainted meat most likely came from the foreign distributor. You should not have to fry meat until it is black in order to guard against food poisoning. These companies are stupid for buying from foreign companies and not testing it.
As a part of my job …
As a part of my job, I had to run frequent tests highly similar to the tests that they show here. They are quick to do, take one day to cure and are very inexpensive. When they quack about costs, they are totally full of fecal coliform incubation material.
wow, a lonely …
wow, a lonely internet teenager at home on a Friday Night (not a place I’d be when I was your age, LOL) spouting off like he knows something, how unexpected. whatever little boy.
Lol whatever homo. …
Lol whatever homo. Another internet bleeding heart hippie. I dunno face I guess you can go join the ranks of the people who can’t cook for and have damaged family members. None of mine get sick from bbq’s. If you knew anything about preparing meat after a hunt you would know how easy it is to contaminate meat. Not only is america feeding americans but it is feeding much of the world. I do believe it should be regulated, but I applaud them for even keeping up with growing damand.
Wow, a conservatard …
Wow, a conservatard troll being insensitive, that’s so unexpected. if you held a cook-out tomorrow, and offered burgers, how many members of your family would say, “make mine rare!”?
No, this is not her mother’s fault and it is ignorant or evil to suggest that. The answer OF COURSE is to appropriate the proper resources and vote enforcement powers to the FDA and USDA to stop corporations from killing us and paralyzing girls.
That sucks… I …
That sucks… I feel bad for this girl and that sucks that the companies aren’t doing enough to make sure their products are safe. However, I do not understand how she got the infection if her mother cooked the meat properly. Maybe mom needs to learn how to cook a hamburger.
betcha never seen a …
betcha never seen a girl with one of these before, hahaha nah jk urrbody
alcohol and a …
alcohol and a camera dont mix.. how do I remove these naughty pics from my site
The ending really …
The ending really hit it home. I agree, how on earth can the people running these companies sleep at night knowing that they just ruined someone life so they make a buck cutting costs…
they’re trying to …
they’re trying to kill us fuckers.