One of our fourth grade field trips was to the Swift's plant in Fort Worth. I
still won't eat bologna. Or brains.
Leo Wesson
www.leowesson.com
On Apr 21, 2013, at 7:34 PM, Tina Manley <images@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I worked my way through college working in a meat-packing plant, usually
> stripping the plastic casing from and stacking up hot dogs for packaging as
> they came down a conveyor belt. The USDA inspectors were there full-time.
> I once dropped a hot dog, still wrapped in its plastic casing, and picked
> it up to strip the casing. The inspector saw me and shut down the line,
> halting production for the entire plant for two hours. It's a wonder I
> didn't get fired. I still don't eat hot dogs unless I make them myself. I
> know too much about how they are made.
>
> Tina
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 4/21/2013 7:52 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>>> Oh dear, Tina!
>>>
>>> Friends or colleagues of mine have no problem accepting our uninspected
>> eggs. Perhaps that lady should ask her customers if they minded them.
>>
>> You do not live in the US. To sell produce in violation of USDA rules is
>> to invite being closed down.
>>
>> No matter whether the eggs were perfectly cleaned, inspection is
>> mandatory, including candling. I've been in a huge egg
>> packing operation, where every single egg is candled. Although not handled
>> one at a time, they pass slowly over a bright
>> back light to be viewed by a USDA inspector with both a little suction gun
>> to pull out individual eggs and a button to
>> stop the line. Yes, a few eggs failed inspection.
>>
>> Right or wrong, it's the law and the Feds are very strict about things
>> like eggs and milk. That the center is so
>> cognizant of this rule suggests that they may have already been warned of
>> violation(s).
>>
>> Cheese it, Da Feds! Moose
>>
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