Well this is good news!! Sometimes I wonder about what is really going on...and that includes all the vegs. & fruit from other countries. Jan C. -----Original Message----- From: Wild bill <farnorth-ak@gci.net> To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, May 12, 2002 3:14 PM Subject: Re: [BSChat] Re: Beef & chicken > I sat here chuckling at all the experts comments about our food >supply. Well I spent 23 years as a meat cutter and the last 17 years >working in a packing house. My first couple of years was on the cleanup >crew and let me tell you that the lab techs came around when we were >done and took swabs of all the surfaces that came in contact with the >product and if bacteria was present we were called on the carpet and >after three times were fired. So you really have no idea but what you >read and hear in the news media, which is all a bunch of hype to get you >to watch their drivel. We have one of the best food supplies and the >best protection for good clean product in the world. My final comment, >the reason we cook food till it is cooked not half raw is to kill the >harmful bacteria that may be present. And it makes no sense to wash the >product as it doesn't make a tinkers damn worth of difference about >bacteria that may be present. If you eat it rare then that is your >problem not the food industries. Just my 2 1/2 cents worth > > >-- >Wild Bill, North Pole, Alaska Life is what happens to you while you're >making other plans. > > >==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== >Blacksheep-Chat-L@rootsweb.com is a wide spectrum Chat List, Topics allowed are almost anything.restrictions are: >Political discussion, religious prosylitizing, and aggressive behavior, any of these topics will result in restricted priveleges. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >