"Consumers that were sickened reportedly all ate eggs that were not properly or thoroughly cooked. Eggs need to be cooked so that the whites and yolks are firm (not runny), which should kill any bacteria," says Mitch Head, spokesman for the United Egg Producers.Right. Eggs are now "poisonous little bombs of death" because the United Egg Producers think it costs too damn much money to not cram hens into such close confinement.
Fuck it. I know of places where I can buy local eggs from truly free-range chickens, not from factory farms. I don't eat that many eggs that the cost difference will be that significant.
The "our eggs are poisonous" crap started with Wright Country Eggs, located in Galt, Iowa. So I gather now that "going Galt" means "shipping out eggs loaded with toxic bacteria because it is too costly to run a sanitary operation."
Federal inspections of the two Iowa egg farms at the heart of a nationwide recall and salmonella outbreak found widespread safety problems, including barns infested with flies, maggot and rodents, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday.So some fucker decides that he can make more money by running filthy farms and now it is our fault?
Hey, you folks at the United Egg Producers? Go fuck yourselves.
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this is just the tip of the eggberg - more food is going to show up with other kinds of fun viruses.
keep slashing govt...... keep spending on useless wars
Not defending the egg industry, but since I had to get a food-handler's card back in the late 70's, they are required in this city, but not in LA where my friend got sick, and she likes her yolks runny. I don't eat raw or less than hard cooked eggs. Not even in cookie dough. Come to think of it, my mom was raised on a farm and uncooked dough and batter were no-nos in our house.
Slimy eggs are gross to me anyway. I rarely eat out and I've been food poisoned 1/2 dozen times in the last 30 years, every time from a restaurant.
eggs....a distraction from the eggheads who believe this govt or any govt, corporation, organization is not run by and for the benefit of the elite. Most of us are not elite. Most of us cannot do a thing about any of this but take care to make damn sure we have fun every single day. In Texas we have a saying..."don't pee on my leg and tell me its raining"....I am not FINALLY, (after 53 years on this planet) figuring it out.......am looking to find peace through peaceful people....now where are they hiding?
Tea party people are just a fake group used by billionaires to advance their self interest. On the other extreme the most liberal ideas feed the purses or other billionaires. I am now convinced that defiant people like yourself are precious and important...if only to be background music to the grinding down most of us by the elite who forgot they need us.....
Jack DeCoster is not admired in Iowa for his business methods, how he treats him employees, how he treats the animals, how the farms are maintained etc. Apparently it is cheaper to pay fines than meet inspection standards. This is a long standing practice with all of the DeCoster businesses.
When I was in charge of the eggs at the food warehouse where I worked, we were inspected quarterly by the USDA. We were just a small wholesale distributor, maybe 100-200 cases per week of eggs, and we were inspected like clockwork. We didn't always pass, either... although I don't remember ever getting a red tag for anything besides too many cracks per carton. I got to be friends with the woman who inspected us, though, and she told me some stories about inspecting the producers. She told me that in California in 2001 something like 2 million chickens were destroyed to stop a virus they were catching, and because of that she couldn't inspect more than one producer per week, so as not to become an unwitting vector. I never heard anything about the virus on any form of media, and I didn't get onto the internet until 2003, so I wasn't able to follow up on her story, but she seemed to me like someone who could catch a massive salmonella contamination. So maybe we have different inspection proceedures in California? I don't see how, USDA is the feds, right?
-Doug in Oakland
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