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| PivotTechno |
Illin', yo...
Window cleaning chemical injected into fast food hamburger meat
(NaturalNews) If you're in the beef business, what do you do with all the extra cow parts and trimmings that have traditionally been sold off for use in pet food? You scrape them together into a pink mass, inject them with a chemical to kill the e.coli, and sell them to fast food restaurants to make into hamburgers.
That's what's been happening all across the USA with beef sold to McDonald's, Burger King, school lunches and other fast food restaurants, according to a New York Times article. The beef is injected with ammonia, a chemical commonly used in glass cleaning and window cleaning products.
This is all fine with the USDA, which endorses the procedure as a way to make the hamburger beef "safe" enough to eat. Ammonia kills e.coli, you see, and the USDA doesn't seem to be concerned with the fact that people are eating ammonia in their hamburgers.
This ammonia-injected beef comes from a company called Beef Products, Inc. As NYT reports, the federal school lunch program used a whopping 5.5 million pounds of ammonia-injected beef trimmings from this company in 2008. This company reportedly developed the idea of using ammonia to sterilize beef before selling it for human consumption.
Aside from the fact that there's ammonia in the hamburger meat, there's another problem with this company's products: The ammonia doesn't always kill the pathogens. Both e.coli and salmonella have been found contaminating the cow-derived products sold by this company.
This came as a shock to the USDA, which had actually exempted the company's products from pathogen testing and product recalls. Why was it exempted? Because the ammonia injection process was deemed so effective that the meat products were thought to be safe beyond any question.
What else is in there?
As the NYT reports, "The company says its processed beef, a mashlike substance frozen into blocks or chips, is used in a majority of the hamburger sold nationwide. But it has remained little known outside industry and government circles. Federal officials agreed to the company's request that the ammonia be classified as a 'processing agent' and not an ingredient that would be listed on labels."
Fascinating. So you can inject a beef product with a chemical found in glass cleaning products and simply call it a "processing agent" -- with the full permission and approval of the USDA, no less! Does anyone doubt any longer how deeply embedded the USDA is with the beef industry?
Apparently, this practice of injecting fast food beef with ammonia has been a well-kept secret for years. I never knew this was going on, and this news appears to be new information to virtually everyone. The real shocker is that "a majority" of fast food restaurants use this ammonia-injected cow-derived product in their hamburger meat. It sort of makes you wonder: What else is in there that we don't know about?
"School lunch officials and other customers complained about the taste and smell of the beef," says the NYT. No wonder. It's been pumped full of chemicals.
There are already a thousand reasons not to eat fast food. Make this reason number 1,001. Ammonia. It's not supposed to be there.
You can get the same effect by opening a can of dog food made with beef byproducts, spraying it with ammonia, and swallowing it. That is essentially what you're eating when you order a fast food burger.
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| Jayx1 |
propylene glycol is a popular additive to foods which is the main ingredient in antifreeze.
Im not a fan of additives at all. But often times i question shock articles like this. Yeah ammonia isnt pleasant but sometimes the compound is slightly different or it has a different reaction with other compounds which makes it perfectly safe.
Or for example they will say "used in this and this product" which makes it sound lethal. Meanwhile we could say that "water" is used in cleaning products and make the same arguement.
Im not nec defending processed foods. I wish it was easier to avoid them (and i admit i love a good burger). |
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| gl.tch |
| i just barfed a bit... |
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| PivotTechno |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
propylene glycol is a popular additive to foods which is the main ingredient in antifreeze.
Im not a fan of additives at all. But often times i question shock articles like this. Yeah ammonia isnt pleasant but sometimes the compound is slightly different or it has a different reaction with other compounds which makes it perfectly safe.
Or for example they will say "used in this and this product" which makes it sound lethal. Meanwhile we could say that "water" is used in cleaning products and make the same arguement.
Im not nec defending processed foods. I wish it was easier to avoid them (and i admit i love a good burger). |
How about just eating "beef"?
Remember "beef"? It comes from cows. It doesn't have anything in it other than cow and what the cow ate. I don't really eat much "beef" these days, but I do recall that "beef" tastes quite yummy. I also recall that McD's "burgers" taste a lot like salt and something's-not-quite-right grease. |
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| VDub |
I am literally drooling at the thought of a Whopper right now...
Thanks for the craving....
DON'T YOU KNOW I'M IN A TOWER CRANE!!!! |
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| The Ear |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
propylene glycol is a popular additive to foods which is the main ingredient in antifreeze.
Im not a fan of additives at all. But often times i question shock articles like this. Yeah ammonia isnt pleasant but sometimes the compound is slightly different or it has a different reaction with other compounds which makes it perfectly safe.
Or for example they will say "used in this and this product" which makes it sound lethal. Meanwhile we could say that "water" is used in cleaning products and make the same arguement.
Im not nec defending processed foods. I wish it was easier to avoid them (and i admit i love a good burger). |
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| VERTiG0 |
| brb dumping windex on my burger |
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| mute79 |
watch Food Inc.
it's pretty ed up |
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| PivotTechno |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
brb dumping windex on my burger |
Amazing Jonathan:
"I used to have a problem with running around naked all the time..."
- drinks bottle of Windex and wipes mouth -
"This stops me from streaking." |
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| Jayx1 |
| The Ear: id like to see you contribute something meaningful ;) |
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| chw |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jayx1
The Ear: id like to see you contribute something meaningful ;) |
ruh roh.. |
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| c-mal |
| quote: | Originally posted by PivotTechno
You can get the same effect by opening a can of dog food made with beef byproducts, spraying it with ammonia, and swallowing it. That is essentially what you're eating when you order a fast food burger. |
mmm, yummy |
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