Our Meat Supply May Be Infected

[mrjarrell]

And it looks like the overuse of antibiotics in the meat industry is to blame. The samples that were taken in the study had a high percentage of infected samples, and some were infected with antibiotic resistant bacteria. We really need to take a step back reassess the overuse of antibiotics in our meat supply (dairy, too for that matter). Outbreaks are becoming more common and it's certain the .gov can't do anything about it (not that I'd want them involved any more than they already are, given their record).

Contaminated meat: Almost half of meat in stores may have staph bacteria - latimes.com

 

[J man]

That is why I buy organic dairy products and if I buy beef it is grass fed.

 

[6birds]

That's why I buy beef, pork, and chickens from the local FFA students, and have a few deer, ducks, geese, part of a moose, and an elk in my freezer.

 

[dom1104]

I buy beef from a family member who raises it.

It tastes better.

 

[orange]

...and have a few deer, ****s, ...

Oh my!

I'm torn between 'oh, disgusting' and 'is that legal?'

 

[Bunnykid68]

I cannot possibly believe something that is overseen by the FDA could have any bad effects.

 

[grimor]

this is why I COOK my meat...

 

[wrigleycub]

Without reading the article, please tell me that pigs haven't been infected! Oh no, not the BACON!

 

[level.eleven]

I cannot possibly believe something that is overseen by the FDA could have any bad effects.

Gary North thinks similarly.

“This story is scary. When a Federal agency has a problem that it cannot solve, it clams up. No media press releases. No pointed fingers. It happened under its jurisdiction. So, silence is the strategy. If this gets really bad, they will ask for increased funding.”

 

[revsaxon]

Thank God im a vegan...

 

[mrjarrell]

Without reading the article, please tell me that pigs haven't been infected! Oh no, not the BACON!

Sorry to tell you, but pork was included in the study.

 

[rambone]

Yuck. Another reason to buy organic.

Coincidentally I read this article this morning:
Super bug breakthrough -- manuka honey may reverse antibiotic resistance

Of course it would be better to not infect yourself with superbugs in the first place.

 

[Kick]

Yuck. Another reason to buy organic.

Coincidentally I read this article this morning:
Super bug breakthrough -- manuka honey may reverse antibiotic resistance

Of course it would be better to not infect yourself with superbugs in the first place.

Look at that, all of the millions of dollars we spend on scientific research and we are just finding out what a primitive tribe on some foreign continent has most likely known for centuries.

 

[Garb]

Look at that, all of the millions of dollars we spend on scientific research and we are just finding out what a primitive tribe on some foreign continent has most likely known for centuries.

The federal government is pretty primitive in their mindset... too bad we can't kick most of them to another continent though.

 

[E5RANGER375]

we buy organic too now. its scary.

 

[88GT]

Government intrusion aside, the alternative is higher meat prices. I personally think the "organic" thing is WAY overblown, but there is a happy medium between our current paradigm and the vastly costlier (and don't tell me it isn't) push towards the husbandry equivalent of hand-made.

Let the market dictate, but people like their cheap food prices. And until the consequences reach epidemic proportion, Americans will take their chances. So let 'em. The alternatives exist. Pick those if you don't like the supermarket.

 

[dukeboy_318]

this is why I raise my own and butcher my own. cheaper in the long run and i can cut it how i want it plus I know that it doesn't contain anything harmful in it.

Granted I realize not everyone has this capability open to them due to location, time space etc but I reccomend that instead of buying from Kroger,Walmart, Marsh, etc..., do what the one guy said earlier, almost every county 4-H or FFA program has a yearly auction where you can buy a beef, hog and even sometimes, a meat goat to either butcher yourself or have taken to a butcher shop of your choice. This way you can have a little better faith that the meat isn't injected with hormones or any harmful injections as the animals are required to be blood tested, at least in my county they are. Just a little plug for the 4-H auction

 

[Denny347]

If they would stop feeding the cattle grain, they would not need antibiotics. Grass fed cattle (like they all used to be) need no medication. Cattle cannot digest grains and inside the stomachs grow "super bugs" as a result. If the cattlemen would just switch the cattle to grass a week or 2 before slaughter, the bugs would not survive and there would be no need to pump them full of antibiotics to kill them. You know that dairy cattle get pumped drugs and their milk has a certain percentage of mucus...yuk. Grass fed beef is HARD to find local. Grass fed dairy is easy...Trader's Point Creamery in Zionsville...GREAT tasting products.

 

[Redemption]

This ranks somewhere between sickle cell and vampires on my worry list.

 

[MinuteMan47]

this is why I COOK my meat...

Meh....knock it's horns off, wipe his a**, and throw it on the plate.