Just this morning I heard that 2 million pounds of pistachio nuts have been recalled for fear of Salmonella poisoning. It has got to the point where I can't eat anything anymore. This is the second item in a few weeks to be pulled off the shelves for fear of contamination (peanuts for those who don't remember). What has happened to the food industry? Every week it seems there is another scare over Salmonella or E Coli or God knows what else. Has the entire food industry grown complacent about basic sanitation procedures? Do people just not give a shit anymore? Are we going to all end up wearing contamination suits for fear of touching anything?
The irony is it doesn't just stop at food; the problem has spread into the hospitals as well. Cases of staph infections are on the rise and now MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)is growing leaps and bounds and also the c diff bacterium (this is what my mother died of). Good God people let put an end to it. If we can eradicate small pox and other vicious diseases we can eradicate these as well or at least reduce them to isolated instances.
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Finally, dad, a post I can agree with...mostly. Please put Animal, Vegetable, Miracle on your reading list. You may think that eating organic is a hippy elitist practice, but, really, it's just plain smart. No case of mad cow or salmonella has ever been traced back to free range organic beef or chicken. Because people who choose to farm using sustainable practices do so because it's the right, natural thing to do, not because they're worried about the bottom line.
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