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kittydesade:
Never been so glad to have a pork sensitivity in my life.
thebiscuiteternal:
Eeeyyy, remember when the listeria cases from lettuce skyrocketed after the administration cut oversight? Just you wait.
lynati:
Time to stop buying any and all pork products until this is fixed.
Spread it around. PORK BOYCOTT. Bacon isn’t worth debilitating sicknesses that you’re likely to catch now that standards are going to be lowered in the industry in order to save money.
whales-are-gay:
context for the joke: upton sinclair’s the jungle is a book from 1906 about the meatpacking industry both about the working conditions and how unsanitary it was. it led to numerous laws about federal oversight on the meatpacking industry (specifically inspection) during what was known as the progressive era.
liberalsarecool:
Trump ruins bacon.
Every Trump policy makes things worse.
Gonna put in a plug here for localharvest.org again. Plug in your location and see what you can find. It’s only a start, not everybody’s on there, but a lot of stuff is.
You need to do your own research into your supply chain.
I want this to make everyone think about their food supply chain, not reflexively turn to vegetarianism– because remember, the USDA’s not inspecting vegetable production lines either? It turns out the whole food safety mechanism in the US that’s kept us largely safe for a century is being dismantled. Vegetables, animals, all of it. There’s no “safe”, “pure” food.
So, I’m urging you, if this is something you’re worrying about, I really think it’s time to lean in and look into your local food scene, and think harder about it than comparing two identical brands at the grocery store. Really find out who’s producing your food and where it’s coming from. You have more choices than you think. It matters more than you think. Demand better.
(Also, it’s not just pork. Obama passed a law similar to this for poultry. It’s food industry lobbyists for all kinds of foods. There’s nothing pure and there’s nothing safe. Your lettuce absolutely isn’t safe.)
kittydesade:
Never been so glad to have a pork sensitivity in my life.
thebiscuiteternal:
Eeeyyy, remember when the listeria cases from lettuce skyrocketed after the administration cut oversight? Just you wait.
lynati:
Time to stop buying any and all pork products until this is fixed.
Spread it around. PORK BOYCOTT. Bacon isn’t worth debilitating sicknesses that you’re likely to catch now that standards are going to be lowered in the industry in order to save money.
whales-are-gay:
context for the joke: upton sinclair’s the jungle is a book from 1906 about the meatpacking industry both about the working conditions and how unsanitary it was. it led to numerous laws about federal oversight on the meatpacking industry (specifically inspection) during what was known as the progressive era.
liberalsarecool:
Trump ruins bacon.
Every Trump policy makes things worse.
Gonna put in a plug here for localharvest.org again. Plug in your location and see what you can find. It’s only a start, not everybody’s on there, but a lot of stuff is.
You need to do your own research into your supply chain.
I want this to make everyone think about their food supply chain, not reflexively turn to vegetarianism– because remember, the USDA’s not inspecting vegetable production lines either? It turns out the whole food safety mechanism in the US that’s kept us largely safe for a century is being dismantled. Vegetables, animals, all of it. There’s no “safe”, “pure” food.
So, I’m urging you, if this is something you’re worrying about, I really think it’s time to lean in and look into your local food scene, and think harder about it than comparing two identical brands at the grocery store. Really find out who’s producing your food and where it’s coming from. You have more choices than you think. It matters more than you think. Demand better.
(Also, it’s not just pork. Obama passed a law similar to this for poultry. It’s food industry lobbyists for all kinds of foods. There’s nothing pure and there’s nothing safe. Your lettuce absolutely isn’t safe.)
