Food Recalls

[juroara]

Vegetarians know the dangers of eating meat. From the hormones the diseases to the extra fat. But when vegetables are dangerous to eat, whats safe?? lettuce was once apon a time such a harmless food, low calories too! and then what - certain brands of lettuce were infected with...salmonella??? then it was peanut butter. Peter Pan and walmart peanut butter were infected with salmonella. and most recently, very recently, it was olives - infested diseased filled olives!! the olives are still in recall last I checked, so if youre an olive lover please check fda.org (or your countrys equivalent) several brands of pet food are being recalled - if any pet owners here doesnt know, you know now. around 60 labels of dog food and 40 labels of cat food are being recalled - mostly wet food. a lot of pets have already died and some markets are slow to recall themselves so double check you dont already own bad food that could be causing liver damage to your pets. it doesnt look like the pet food recall is over, today another brand of pet food is volountarily recalling their food - more might follow. It kinda scares me when such simple foods such as lettuce can make you seriously ill. whats next? oranges? apples? . . . rice? corn? it seems like its only a matter of time before a major staple food becomes infected. what do you think the real problem is? if we were to treat the food economy like a patient, do these small wounds mean there is something seriously wrong with the whole, something wrong internally? or all all these injuries just coincidences? please try to keep this thread on topic - this is not a vegetarian versus meat eater debate

[wasup]

Vegetarians know the dangers of eating meat.[/b] Boo And solution: buy food from your local organic market. Problem solved

[folded]

Almost the solution. It is good to avoid as much industially made food as possible, but not everyone can do that. Not everyone has access. And...you don't know if one of those organic farms is downstream from a nearby industial cow-shit pit. Remember, "downstream" can include underground water supply as well. Effluent does not have to be visible on the surface.

[Chaos]

This is definitely frightening. It also doesn't help that they put all sorts of fertilizers and pesticides on the plants as well. How do we know none of those are causing bodily harm? I don't mean something like salmonella either. Recently it was shown that red meat could actually cause cancer, along w/ silicone and a lot of other random products. How do we know that some of the pesticides and fertilizers couldn't have the same effect? I know that they were all tested, but it could take years for a disease like that to develop in a person, so they wouldn't know until it was too late. Also, going off of the topic a bit, b/c of the recent drop off of the bee population, we can expect all vegetable prices too rise. Either that, or they'll find even more powerful fertilizers for their crops.

[Burns]

The pet food recall has been at huge part of my work day for the last 3-4 weeks. We've seen A LOT of cats for screening renal (kidney) panels and urinalysis. We've only had 1 affected cat. It's definitely a scary thing for a lot of people. You never know - the food you are feeding your pet might be recalled tomorrow and your pet could get seriously ill or die. Recent news update tell us the chemical melamine that has been identified in the wheat gluten, rice protein concentrate, and corn gluten was put their intentionally by Chinese manufacturers to falsely show higher protein content in their foods. source. That just doesn't make sense though... wouldn't they know it was toxic to put in food??

[blade5x]

Recently it was shown that red meat could actually cause cancer, along w/ silicone and a lot of other random products. How do we know that some of the pesticides and fertilizers couldn't have the same effect?[/b] At this point, there are sooo many different things that could cause cancer, its not even worth worrying about one or two things, that's how bad it really is. By the time I hit 40, I'm going for yearly checks for sure.