USDA recalls 143 million pounds of frozen beef

[zacs]

Originally Posted by ridler72

How is a cow/bull supposed to act that is going to be a big mac? Should it stroll to the slaughter house happy and full of glee? Packed tight in corrals with no room to lay down for it's entire life with other pissed off buddies..and we wonder why they can't stand....You want a Baseball Steak or a fat ass burger at 2am?...This is the price that must be paid.

I guess it is not right unless it's Kobe Beef. Give the cow and bulls luxury living. Complete with full service massage......give it the best grains....give it a blessing and a silent kill.....all this for 300 dollars a steak. You pay for that service. I like getting my Roast Beef with sauce sandwich at 2am after a fun night out. But I don't want to pay 100 dollars for it.

Now Uncle Sam steps in after seeing the reality of what it takes to make a Big Mac 99 cents.......now it will all come back and become wasted....only to have the procession of the forklifts continue...and it will.....Do you think the price of beef is high now?.....You can bet on prices to go through the roof and no more 99 cent Big Mac, Whopper Specials. How about 12.99 a lb for steak tips.......30 dollars a pound for that baseball steak.

What a bunch a beef to be recalled and more then likely wasted......Reebok takes Patriots Superbowl Winning 19-0 shirts and hats and sends it off to the Nicaraguans. That beef is good and should not be wasted. If it's not good for the US, send it somewhere else for free and give that company a write off.

you have no idea what you are talking about.

this company cut corners and procesed sick animals illegally.

[ridler72]

Of course they cut corners...no secrets there, I saw that video and others as well.

Here is a rule on how Downer Cows are handled:

"Different jurisdictions have different rules about what can be done with a downer cow. In some jurisdictions the cow may be slaughtered without question. In others, downer cattle may not be slaughtered even if the cause is a physical injury."

If there is a risk of BSE or Mad Cow in every limping cow, why allow some jurisdictions to slaughter and others not?



More info:

"California and several other states already ban the use of downers in some slaughterhouses. The Department of Agriculture decided three years ago to stop buying downer meat for the school lunch program because of concern about bacterial infections."

Where was the USDA plant inspector/Vet at that slaughter house? How hard is it to poke out of your office look down the slaughter line and see which cow wants to walk and which doesn't. If you leave it up to the plant workers to report, they won't say a thing. It's the inspectors job, period.

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Originally Posted by ridler72

Where was the USDA plant inspector/Vet at that slaughter house? How hard is it to poke out of your office look down the slaughter line and see which cow wants to walk and which doesn't. If you leave it up to the plant workers to report, they won't say a thing. It's the inspectors job, period.

Blame the proponents for deregulation who believe that industry can do a more effective (and cost effective) job of protecting the consumer.

-spence