Feeling Safer Yet?
Feb 18th, 2008 at 7:28 am by Susie
Don’t worry, President McCain will make it all better:
The Agriculture Department has ordered the largest meat recall in its history — 143 million pounds of beef, a California meatpacker’s entire production for the past two years — because the company did not prevent ailing animals from entering the U.S. food supply, officials said yesterday.
Despite the breadth of the sanction, USDA officials underscored their belief that the meat, distributed by Westland Meat, poses little or no hazard to consumers, and that most of it was eaten long ago.
So really, it’s just for fun and you shouldn’t pay any attention? Hmm.
And the real kicker here is that the fabulous Bush FDA is now possibly bringing charges against two plant workers, according to an unnamed FDA spokesperson - there are no plans for any sanctions against the meat packing company owners, not in the Bush regime.
Kick those workers!