WSJ: (Dem) Government Knew About Bacteria in Turkey

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Federal officials said they turned up a dangerous form of salmonella at a Cargill Inc. turkey plant last year, and then four times this year at stores selling the Cargill turkey, but didn't move for a recall until an outbreak killed one person and sickened 77 others.

Cargill and the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the recall of ground turkey from the Cargill plant in Springdale, Ark., on Aug. 3. The USDA said the third-largest meat recall in history affected 36 million pounds of ground turkey.

Food-safety specialists said the delay reflected a gap in federal rules that don't treat ... (Murdoch paywall).

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...googlenews_wsj

1000s being sick as dogs isn't enough for USDA is to ask-pretty-please for a recall (USDA has no power to mandate recalls), It's Takes A Few Deaths. USDA never wants to do anything, like protect Human-Americans' health or regulate derivatives, if it reduced BigFarma (or BigMoney) profits.

Profits are infinite more important than Human-Americans.

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Yet another example of how BigFarma has captured and compromised USDA regulators:

Food safety false flag? USDA waited for people to die before recalling ground turkey it knew was contaminated

Astonishingly, current USDA regulations allow a meat production facility to pass inspection even if 49.9% of the meat is contaminated with salmonella. So even when the USDA is inspecting facilities, they can be downright filthy from a pathogenic point of view, with nearly half of all the meat contaminated, and the USDA still gives it a stamp of approval! It is in this way that the USDA, which is of course a complete pros ute of the meat industry, openly allows grossly contaminated meat to be sold to an unsuspecting public which thinks that meat is "USDA inspected."

Sure it is! But the inspection only means that slightly less than HALF the meat you buy can be contaminated with pathogenic bacteria.

Meanwhile, when it comes to raw farmers, federal officials conduct armed raids on places like Rawesome Foods (http://www.naturalnews.com/033220_R...) even when no one is harmed! Notice the outrageous double standard? When it comes to raw milk, the feds scream about how dangerous it is (even though no one has been harmed) and how deadly the raw milk bacteria are (even when they're friendly probiotics). But when it comes to raw meat, deadly pathogens are perfectly fine with the feds, and they even wait around for people to die from consuming it before bothering to issue a recall.

http://www.naturalnews.com/033283_gr...almonella.html

The Rawsome horror story and other militarized enforcement actions on non-BigFarma entrepreneurs are scary, if you are sentient enough to be scare-able.

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FDA shutting down the dangerous WALNUT! "drug" to protect BigPharma's profits

Why the FDA wants to push my favorite snack behind the pharmacy counter

If the FDA gets its way, you may have to go to the pharmacy counter to buy a bag of my favorite snacks. And don't forget your doctor's prescription. You'll need it.

You see...

The company that makes my favorite snack recently got into hot water with the FDA. (Well, "makes" is a bit of an overstatement. My favorite snack is a whole food...so the company really just grows it, picks it, and packages it.)

Anyway...

In its marketing, the company said that nutrients in this snack are good for you. They said the nutrients "may help lower cholesterol; protect against heart disease, stroke and some cancers; ease arthritis and other inflammatory diseases; and even fight depression and other mental illnesses."

But whoa! You can't do that.

You can't talk about foods that prevent disease without incurring the wrath of the FDA.

Even if that food has been shown in 57 clinical trials to protect against heart disease. Even if one of those studies gets published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine. Even if the American Heart Association says this food is great for your heart.

The FDA doesn't care.

Only drugs have the FDA-granted right to talk about diseases. So if you do talk about a disease in your marketing, it means your product is also a drug.

And, well, the FDA regulates all drug sales.

There are drug applications to fill out. There are clinical trials to run and safety tests too. Only then can you mention that your product protects against disease.

Much ado about nuts

Poor, naive Diamond Foods, Inc. This California-based company sells nuts and other snack foods. Now, I'm not wild about their microwaveable popcorn, but I do like their walnuts. And that's what got them into a heap of trouble with the FDA.

To be frank, Diamond Foods is no Frito Lay. They don't do a ton of advertising. But they do have a website. I'm guessing it attracts -- at most -- maybe 10,000 visitors per year.

As luck would have it, someone from the FDA must have stumbled over the site. And that person blew the whistle: Diamond Nuts talks about eating walnuts to prevent disease! As a result, the FDA fired off a letter to Diamond Foods. The letter said:

Based on claims made on your firm's website, we have determined that your walnut products are promoted for conditions that cause them to be drugs because these products are intended for use in the prevention, mitigation, and treatment of disease.

You see, you can't say foods prevent, mitigate or treat disease or -- voila! -- they become drugs.

So... under the FDA's definition, does that mean if I give you a Milky Way for your low blood sugar that I've given you a drug?

Yes, it does.

How about if I give you a peanut butter sandwich when you're clinically protein-starved? Does that mean I've given you a drug?

Under the FDA rules, yes.

, how about if you're dehydrated and I give you a glass of water? Does that mean I've given you a drug?

Well, you've got the idea. That's how stupid this walnut-drug thing is.

The FDA definition of a "drug" is anything used in the treatment of disease. Therefore, their definition is completely, totally, and insanely useless... because you can use a glass of water as a drug.

FDA defends insanity

There's a reason behind all the insanity, says Margaret Hamburg, FDA commissioner. It's for your protection.

Hamburg says, "[W]e've seen the emergence of claims that may not provide the full picture of their products' true nutritional value. It will be important to reestablish a science-based approach to protect the public..."

Gee, ya think?

Just take a look down the grocery store aisle at all the misleading products. Fake butter is now "heart smart" because the company adds plant sterols. Sugar water is now "vitamin water" because the company adds vitamin C. Artificially-flavored breakfast cereal is now a "smart start" to your day because the company adds antioxidants.

But you can't say walnuts "may help lower your cholesterol" or you get into deep doo-doo.

And that's not even the worst part about it.

The FDA is really just a mindless minion to Big Pharma. The FDA keeps us sick and malnourished so that Big Pharma can come along to save the day. Don't buy into it. Buy walnuts instead.

And, yes, Diamond Foods had to take down the disease claims from their web site. But at least you won't need a doctor's prescription to get them.

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