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Re: Environmental Working Group unveils its Dirty Dozen, Clean 15 for 2023

fhjiii — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 07:55:26 -0000

What a pile of BS

Re: FDA reports findings of special romaine testing program in Arizona growing area

fhjiii — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 08:16:35 -0000

“Lettuce is grown low to the ground” really? Wow who knew? Here I thought it was grown from the ground from seed placed in the dirt. So how low to the ground is it? Does it hover there in defiance of gravity?

Re: FDA announces ‘Closer to Zero’ plan to reduce toxic elements eaten by babies and young children

fhjiii — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 16:38:20 -0000

Another fool’s errand... lead, cadmium, mercury and arsenic are all base primordial elements older that the earth itself. It is ubiquitous in our soil and water and cannot be eliminated. Obviously we don’t want to concentrate it and add it to our food which we quit doing decades ago. This battle has been won and there is no need to fight it again. To achieve the stated goals is to make food unaffordable for very very very little benefit if any.

Re: Watch: Joe Biden Falls on Steps While Boarding Air Force One

fhjiii — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 19:03:05 -0000

Maybe if he got rid of his chewing gum he could walk....

Re: Letter from the Editor: Time to put the branding irons in the museum

fhjiii — Sun, 16 Aug 2020 08:54:55 -0000

Sorry but unless you can read a RFID tag at 100 yards from horse back on a BLM lease in the mountains and trees the tag is useless and brands will persist. If the public wants to know where every Potential component in a happy meal comes from then the public can pay for it. As for me I will use what I want to identify my cattle that suits me. I will not be using RFID tags that can easily be lost or removed and serve no useful purpose in the field.

Re: Buttigieg Begs Silent Audience to “Come On” and Clap!

fhjiii — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 03:09:35 -0000

Please give the guy a fork, he’s done🙄

Re: Two-Headed Consumer Demands Change from Farmers, Food Companies

fhjiii — Fri, 06 Dec 2019 02:54:05 -0000

Once you’ve seen it time or two It is easy to recognize. Perhaps the most recent example is the difference noted in the last presidential election between the polling (observed) and the voting (unobserved) of the electorate.

Re: Two-Headed Consumer Demands Change from Farmers, Food Companies

fhjiii — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 20:35:37 -0000

It’s called the “hawthorn” effect.

Re: New E. coli outbreak linked to romaine; patients spread across country

fhjiii — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 07:42:05 -0000

“If”? Looks like a lot of potential sources inside that package other than the romaine. That doesn’t exclude the romaine however. It also doesn’t exclude any field workers, package handlers, transportation equipment, packaging, food preparation staff etc. lots and lots of “if’s” still.

Re: Buger King’s Impossible Mess Over Fake Meat

fhjiii — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 07:00:47 -0000

I thought that Burger King cooked their burgers on a flame broiler, not a grill. So is the plaintiff just assuming contamination? Is this article assuming the cooking method? It would be safe to assume that BK’s attorneys already have a defense in anticipation of frivolous lawsuits. But we all know the beak down of “assume”.

Re: Cartoon Shows What Democrat's Impeachment Push is Really All About

fhjiii — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 15:40:54 -0000

Where indeed. This is journalism????

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fhjiii — Sat, 02 Nov 2019 17:13:04 -0000

Any association here is very week. Only eight people in five states with two who did not purchase any ground beef would suggest something else. The one case of contaminated product that was repackaged possibility by the person who was sick is not helpful. Did any of them go to Poland recently?

Re: Beach Beat: What’s in a name? Beef — drop the mic and label the hamburger

fhjiii — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 07:33:38 -0000

A rose is a rose. Beef is beef. Only the press argues otherwise.

Re: Ocasio-Cortez: U.S. Should Not Have Authorized Use Of Force Against 9/11 Perpetrators

fhjiii — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 20:16:27 -0000

She is an unwiped ass!

Re: Beach Beat: CDC says outbreak’s over; USDA says it’s ‘engaging’ industry; what will chicken producers say?

fhjiii — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 08:03:14 -0000

Why doesn’t the government declare Salmonella an adulterant? Because salmonella, or any other bacteria, are not impressed or impeded in the least by our feckless government dictates. It has not and will not solve the problems. And for people who live in the gray areas of being dependent on government to care of all their problems will take such a declaration as an excuse for not watching out for themselves.

Re: Presidential Campaign Already 'Falling Short' for Kamala Harris

fhjiii — Sat, 16 Feb 2019 02:47:46 -0000

Spot on!

Re: New FDA report blames on-farm water for latest romaine contamination

fhjiii — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 07:26:10 -0000

Wow bacteria can exist in the soil, the water, in wildlife, and can move about with impunity despite all the laws, regulations, agencies, media watchdogs,etc. Who knew?

Re: Report says listeriosis cases linked to caramel apples show need for controls

fhjiii — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 07:21:50 -0000

So, fresh fruit raised outside in a natural environment and setting may be exposed to bacteria! Shocking... What regulations will fix that one must wonder?

Re: Florida hepatitis A outbreak spreading; most patients are non-Hispanic whites

fhjiii — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 07:24:53 -0000

“Most patients are non-Hispanic whites”. Why is that significant? Are you implying that this is racist on behalf of the virus? Are the 23% infected who are not white supposed to be offended? Very curious choice for a headline.

Re: Publisher’s Platform: Anything that causes food poisoning should be considered an adulterant

fhjiii — Sun, 16 Dec 2018 06:57:29 -0000

The “congressional circus” as you call it, that made this particular law possible in the first place, is the proper place to develop and find a reasonable consensus. Yes it’s ugly, yes it’s difficult and yes it may not work as all would hope and intend. However it is the only avenue available in our democratic republic where the rule of law receives legitimacy. Ultimately the solution, if at all even possible, will not be coming from a court room, but perhaps maybe from a class room.

Re: Publisher’s Platform: Anything that causes food poisoning should be considered an adulterant

fhjiii — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 07:38:07 -0000

Granted. And there is the rub. When anyone can define a word to mean anything they want then they lose meaning. Which is great for the guaranteed employment of lawyers but not so great for everyone else trying to make sense of it all. Adulteration is a criminal act that requires two things: an act, and criminal intent (mens rea). Contamination more often than not is unintentional and accidental and as illustrated numerous times by Food Safety news, is extremely difficult to detect, predict or trace. The criminalization of unfortunate accidents is not a solution that will sole the problem.

Re: Publisher’s Platform: Anything that causes food poisoning should be considered an adulterant

fhjiii — Thu, 13 Dec 2018 10:39:54 -0000

a·dul·ter·ate
/əˈdəltəˌrāt/Submit
verb,
render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance, typically an inferior one. Bill your a lawyer and you more than most should know that words mean things. The intent of the law is clear by the words used, to prevent fraud by adding cheep ingredients to lower costs. The law is silent about removing anything that naturally occurs. I do not disagree that legislation, regulation and new interventions may be prudent. But we should not bastardize the law and the language to achieve those ends. Now if you can find a case where someone willfully, knowingly, and purposely added dangerous bacteria to any product in order to commit fraud, then you may have a valid argument.

Re: Consumer advocates say UK ‘unprepared’ to regulate pesticides after Brexit

fhjiii — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 07:14:16 -0000

Nonsense! Great Britain has been self governing for over a thousand years. They do not need the French, Germans Greeks and Italians to tell them how it’s done....

Re: When is a potato washer not a potato washer? When it’s washing cantaloupes

fhjiii — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 07:23:53 -0000

Excellent!

Re: OU chapter of Sigma Pi fraternity receives cease and desist after student death

fhjiii — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 09:33:12 -0000

Compton, Campus Comadante, Sieg Heil!