Beef Rejected In Mexico Sold In US

Beef Rejected In Mexico Sold In US

WASHINGTON — Beef containing harmful pesticides, veterinary antibiotics and heavy metals is being sold to the public because federal agencies have failed to set limits for the contaminants or adequately test for them, a federal audit finds.

A program set up to test beef for chemical residues "is not accomplishing its mission of monitoring the food supply for … dangerous substances, which has resulted in meat with these substances being distributed in commerce," says the audit by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Inspector General.

The health effects on people who eat such meat are a "growing concern," the audit adds.

The testing program for cattle is run by the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), which also tests meat for such pathogens as salmonella and certain dangerous strains of E. coli. But the residue program relies on assistance from the Environmental Protection Agency, which sets tolerance levels for human exposure to pesticides and other pollutants, and the Food and Drug Administration, which does the same for antibiotics and other medicines.

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In 2008, for example, Mexican authorities rejected a U.S. beef shipment because its copper levels exceeded Mexican standards, the audit says. But because there is no U.S. limit, the FSIS had no grounds for blocking the beef's producer from reselling the rejected meat in the United States.

http://beforeitsnews.com/story/32757/Beef_Rejected_In_Mexico_Sold_In_US.html

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It appears we're fast becoming one...:(

Never thought I'd see that headline.

I don't know about this article, but the sidebars on "most popular" are all rightwing FUD.

And we have the freedom to eat the beef rejected by Mexico. :9

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Every article I read like this ends up being something the bush cabal did to cause things like this. Maybe he put someone from the pesticide industry in charge of the EPA.

with a story that dates back to 2008 and has no supporting evidence.

And you posted this on DU for what reason, exactly?

Do we have no standards here at all?

You posted a link to some beta "news" website.

And the copper in the beef story is two years old. I stand by my statement. If you have the original source, why use some bogus site as your source?

I mean, really?

Even though the headline referred to a minor part of the story, which wasn't actually about rejected meat being sold in the US at all, but about our low standards for meat.

Deceptive, I think.

And while strident, it was accurate. And I trust most people don't just read a headline. If they do, they should avoid the net all together :)

Saved it to read later....if I can stomach it.

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When you think about all the crap going into food and the conditions under which it is produced, that's not unrealistic. Lots of cheap garbage goes into feed, as well even your pets get by-products and rendering plants rule the day if you can't afford extremely expensive designer dog food, etc.

If we had a status higher than livestock, then it would truly matter about what we consume and the aggregated effects of a plethora of questionable and dangerous substances involved across-the-board.

So the wealthy have livestock, and they are starting to feed them in a way that resembles the quality of pet foods in many cases.