lol’ing at that ladies’ quotes
regulators have the power to set the tone that encourages industry to do the right thing
if the public makes their voice heard, legislators will act
These people must live under a rock
Yeah I don't know shit about fuck but I'm not immediately concerned by the idea. Most bacteria we come in contact with is somewhere between completely benign and outright beneficial. Our bodies are really good at dealing with random bacteria.
Not everything can be washed though. Pre-processed foods for example. I try to get mine as ‘natural’ as possible I.e. still whole, but it’s not always feasible because someone else might provide pre-cut fruit/veggies
I mean that's why you should wash your veggies and cook your food. Food grows/lives in a bacteria rich environment, fertilized soil. There's also a reason that human stomach acid is closer in pH to scavengers then other animals, to kill all the nasty shit (literally this time lol).
The problem is when the bacteria gets in processed stuff that can't be rinsed/washed, and/or comes pre cooked. Like cereal. And I'm guessing US food regulations allow a lot of nasty stuff in that.
fertilized soil
not so fertile anymore, am I right folks? (Dust Bowl wind whips me in the face with like ten lbs of sand)
There's also a reason that human stomach acid is closer in pH to scavengers then other animals, to kill all the nasty shit (literally this time lol).
new bit, Dirt_Vulture
atleast bacteria (might) be killed by stomach acid. not the case with pesticides.
Only one thing encourages the industry to do the right thing
Trump personally sneezed on every burger sold in America over the course of his presidency.
Mixed on this without seeing the documentary and what nuance it approaches the situation with.
Perfect decontamination of all food at all steps of the farm to store to your plate process is functionally impossible so there's always unfortunately going to be someone who gets unlucky and catches something. If the documentary can point out specific ways that the US regulatory system can be doing better than I'd agree with them. But I'm also hesitant to just assume it'd be good too given the history of fear mongering around food supplies that many "health nut" groups do.
If the documentary can point out specific ways that the US regulatory system can be doing better than I'd agree with them.
Speaking from what I've heard of scandals past, a lot of this boils down to sanitizing industrial processing equipment regularly, taking precautions as you move between different types of food (ie, moving from raw meat to vegetables and back again), and giving the workers proper safety equipment so they don't create the plane that was full of poop incidents.
Because all of this costs time and money, which cuts into profits, industrial engineers cut corners and end up with more incidents than a more prudent administration would allow.
Most of the passengers on the charter flight were Japanese salesmen of The Coca-Cola Company and their family members, who had won a trip to Paris
It was found that three cooks had prepared the meals, one of whom had infected lesions on the index and middle finger of his right hand. The lesions on the cook’s fingers were found to be infected with staphylococci. Tests revealed identical phage types and antibiotic resistances for all samples, indicating that the cook was the source of the contamination
US has some of the worst regulations in the world. Why would food be any different?
I'm a chemist in the flavors industry with a bunch of food microbiology experience, hopefully I can alleviate some fears here.
Any kind of non-processed (or minimally processed) produce that you consume is going to have countless microbes on it - I know that dry seasonings like garlic powder usually harbor microbes on the scale of thousands or tens of thousands per gram, occasionally hundreds of thousands per gram. With produce the microbes will mostly be on the outside surfaces, I haven't done any testing on produce specifically but I wouldn't be surprised if the numbers are similar. This is normal and expected, and not a concern unless some of those microbes are pathogenic.
Just rinsing your produce with water will remove a lot of these microbes. Cooking thoroughly will kill practically all of them, at that point you'd only have to be concerned about residual toxins from pathogens that wouldn't be destroyed through cooking.
Not all microbes are pathogens, otherwise we'd all be dead right now. Very few of them are actually dangerous to humans.
Not all bacteria are coliform bacteria. Not all coliform bacteria are fecal coliform bacteria. Not all fecal coliform bacteria are E. coli. Not all E. coli strains are pathogenic. Obviously there are other pathogens to worry about besides E. coli, but this is just an example.
Pulling a carrot out of the dirt and immediately sticking it in my ravenous maw and being surprised when my teeth are coated in dirt
"We have made our voices heard over our objections to this practice. If it continues, you will have left us no choice but to make our voices heard again."
"we need a broad bipartisan coalition of conservatives, liberals and people of color to speak out"
: "You sure that tofu is healthy?": "If porky wants us to eat shit, I'll eat shit! Love it or leave it, commie!"
awareness
