Sadly you are realistic.
----- Original Message -----
From: "wendy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 11:02 AM
Subject: Re: Looking for a good canned food
My thought on all of this was, how do we know this
wasn't a 'dry run' for terrorists? How do we know
that they aren't testing the waters to find through
which company and in what way they can inflict the
most damage through our food supply? Me paranoid? No
way. ;)
:)
Wendy
--- TenHouseCats <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
no, not that we can't be safe from all hazards, but
that we're really
fooling ourselves if we think that our food sources
have been safe for
a long time.
we've all heard about SPORADIC outbreaks of e-coli,
salmonella, etc
etc.... and seen videos of horrible things happening
at
slaughterhouses, but could talk ourselves out of
worrying too much
because they WERE hit-and-miss.
think about what this would be like on a human scale
if ONE company
was responsible for processing the same percentage
of human food as it
turns out menu foods seems to be with pet food....
and with the trend
to multi-national corporations, factory farms
rather than smaller,
individually managed (and maintained) ones, that
might be where our
own food supply is heading.
i think this could be the wake-up call we have been
not wanting to
hear. sadly, maybe we'll listen more clearly cuz
it's our critters....
i guess i'm saying that i'm not really surprised,
because too many bad
things have been allowed to go on for a long time,
in the name of
"progress," and "corporate ethics." and not enough
people have stood
up and said, "NO, this is NOT acceptable."
oh, heck, i have to have a POINT? damn. that may
change my whole
outlook on life.
On 3/24/07, Nina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Perhaps all wheat has gluten, but I highly doubt
it all comes from the
> same source in China. I don't know. Now I have
to go find my glasses
> and check the label on my Roman Meal bread! Could
it be possible that
> Menu Foods also produces processed foods for
people too? Or that they
> are not the only ones cutting cost corners by not
testing the raw
> ingredients that they use in their products?
Sheesh.
>
> Is your point that we are never safe from the
hazards of life as we know
> it? I've lived long enough to acknowledge that we
can't safeguard
> against every frightening contingency out there,
(or in our cupboard).
> But what's a conscientious human to do? We have
to do what we always
> strive to do, keep ourselves as educated and
informed as possible,
> (thanks to you for alerting us first about this
latest plague on our
> complacency) and give thanks that we have made it
through another day.
> I hate it when my nice, safe illusionary cocoon is
disrupted. Are you
> saying we should patch our collective cocoons and
use prayers and glow
> to protect us? What the heck is your point MC?
:-)
> Nina
>
> TenHouseCats wrote:
> > doesn't all wheat have gluten? isn't that why
people with celiac
> > disease can't eat products with wheat? (and so
what, if the same
> > equipment was used to process the stuff with
rice or something
> > else..... i don't think that rat poison cares
what it clings to.)
> >
> > what are SAFE sources of protein in this world
anymore, anyway? for
> > humans OR critters? i just cannot see myself
going out and chasing
> > down mice for the cats, as much as i love
them--and how do i know the
> > MICE haven't eaten poison????
>
>
>
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