Feb 5, 2011: American Food Service recalls 3,170 pounds of ground beef due to E. coli contamination Jan 8, 2011: Columbus Meat Market recalls 780 pounds of beef patties due to E. coli contamination Dec 31, 2010: First Class Foods Inc. recalls 34,373 pounds of organic ground beef due to E. coli contamination Aug 30, …
Apr
06
Filth
Think about it: 10 billion animals per year. Do you really think that the USDA has enough inspectors to supervise the humane and safe slaughter of 10 billion animals per year? Of course the USDA tolerates abuse and contaminated meat! Imagine the kind of person who has a job that entails witnessing the slaughter of …
Oct
09
Burgers That Can Shatter Lives
Last week, the New York Times published an in-depth article on how the flaws in our industrialized meat system can lead to devastating consequences, including death. It features the story of one woman who was paralyzed from the waist down by an E. coli contaminated hamburger. “I ask myself every day, ‘Why me?’ and ‘Why from a …
Jun
10
What's Really In Your Hamburger
In the early 1900′s hamburgers had a reputation similar to hot dogs: tainted, unsafe to eat, food for the poor, sold only at carnivals (not in restaurants), made from old meat, laced with preservatives. In the 1920′s, White Castle, the nation’s first hamburger chain, worked extremely hard to reverse this image, even naming their chain …
May
27
Downed Cows
In February 2008, the USDA ordered the largest beef recall in US history – 143 million pounds of beef. The recall came 3 weeks after the Humane Society exposed the cattle abuse at a plant that supplies meat to 36 states and over 100,000 schools. Unfortunately, the recall included beef dated back to February 2006, …
