Tainted beef is the best kind of beef.

Like a sweet marinade.

~Zoo

That beef went to school lunch programs and to fast food joints and had for 2 years without any reports of illness. Whether those cattle were actually unfit for consumption is debatable. They got into trouble and spawned the recal because they violated federal policies and procedures. There was probably nothing actually wrong with the meat itself.

The thing I can't figure out is why this beef was shipped all the way to schools in Florida. That's crazy as Florida is the 11th largest beef producing state in the country. It would be a lot cheaper for them to buy beef from here and save the shipping costs than to buy it from California.

That's true enough, but as of now there is no evidence that any of this meat was so infected and people shouldn't be panicking and jumping to conclusions.

Well, we should definitely revisit this in 35 or so years.

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Get out of here!  That is not good!

 

[quote]Well, we should definitely revisit this in 35 or so years.

Who wants to be the one to remember to check on this? 

 

No way!

 

But the report said there was proof, that's how they were found out because of a random check.  Otherwise, they wouldn't have been.

 

 

That is crazy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I always heard if you "taint your beef" you'll go blind.

~Zoo

Ummmm, no. The whole story came about because of an undercover hidden camera video shot by an animal rights group.

I listened to an interview with the vet who is responsible for checking all of the animals prior to their being slaughtered and he stated that the animals shown in the video had suffered injuries (broken legs, etc) after they had been certified safe for consumption. Where the company screwed up was by not calling in the vets after the animals were injured and before they were slaughtered. This is a serious violation of the procedures but hardly the major threat to public health that the sensationalist press is trying to make it out to be.

Oh, and as far as the possible 30-40 years for the disease, while that's true it isn't set in concrete and a good many people develop symptoms within weeks or months. As it's been two years without any issues it's pretty safe to assume that it's not going to be an issue.

While the recall is warranted due to the violations, the fear and worry is not.

Oh. Thx for the clarification!

Thanks for the explanation AsaxyGirl. I have seen that question every time I give blood, but never knew what they were talking about. Until you just explained it!

Wow, what an unfortunate waste.  I wonder what they'll do with all the meat they recall.

Seems to me there are a lot of people who need to learn about slow food.  This is just ridiculous.  The carbon footprint for this meat must be incredible.

Tainted Beef sounds like a 70s punk band.

Yes, that was helpful!

They had better be destroying it and throwing it out!

It reminded me of one of my all time fav songs!  (Tainted Love)  oh now you've got me humming!

 

 

~Sometimes I feel I've got to -- eat some meat, I've got to.. get some meat, so I drive down to the grocery... the meat they sell, sometimes seems to smell, and I know I should say no, but I grab the sirloin, pay and go!~
~tainted beef, wooah... tainted beef... eat it baby tainted beef...~

LOL! You are a nutcase!