pretty simple, really. It's a result of the greed of the agribusiness conglomerates who don't give a shit about food quality and only care about profit. These are the same people who are force-feeding you in America with equal quantities of shit food and black propaganda. Fortunately our consumer lobby is strong enough to recognise a problem when it bites them on the arse, and to do something about it.
-- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Bob Sullivan > Sent: 26 April 2007 17:27 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: WAY OT, but not inflamatory: Roast Beef Sandwich > > Well, at least no prions in the beef supply here in N. America. > I wonder how Mad Cow got into the european supply? > Regards, Bob S. > > On 4/26/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > so much for not inflammatory! > > > > There are, as usual, several agendas going on. The USA tries to use > > the WTO to force Europeans to take all their crap. Europe is about > > standards, including stuff like food contents, and the standards for > > Europe do not include a lot of the crap that the US food > conglomerates > > feed to you unfortunates. Perhaps there is some protectionism going > > on, but the USA is really not in any position to point the finger at > > others in that regard. > > > > But it is certainly true that American meat tends to be more stuffed > > full of that sort of crap than ours - the figures are in the public > > domain. I have personally seen the effects of this on a > friend of mine > > who came back from a year in the USA considerably hairier ('down > > South') than she was before she left! > > > > The important thing though is consumer education and awareness and > > forcing the producers and retailers to label things correctly and > > openly. Standards have improved enormously over here in > recent years, > > and more and more crap is being removed from our food all the time. > > I've been buying organic food since the early 1980s - you > used to have > > to struggle to get it, going to out-of-the-way shops run by beardies > > and hippies, and paying a real premium price for it. Nowadays it is > > readily available on every high street and significantly > cheaper than > > it used to be (although still more expensive than the crap). > > > > -- > > Bob > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of P. J. Alling > > > Sent: 26 April 2007 15:39 > > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > Subject: Re: WAY OT, but not inflamatory: Roast Beef Sandwich > > > > > > I wonder how much of that is real health concerns and how > > > much is hidden > > > protectionism. > > > > > > mike wilson wrote: > > > >> From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >> Date: 2007/04/25 Wed PM 06:58:06 GMT > > > >> To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > > > >> Subject: RE: WAY OT, but not inflamatory: Roast Beef Sandwich > > > >> > > > >> Throw away the bread and have it with Yorkshire puddings, > > > gravy, and > > > >> roast potatoes. > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> Bob > > > >> > > > > > > > > Better still, feed it to someone you don't like. American > > > beef is so full of hormones and antibiotics it can't be > > > imported to the EU and as for British beef........ > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>> -----Original Message----- > > > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > >>> Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff > > > >>> Sent: 25 April 2007 13:31 > > > >>> To: PDML > > > >>> Subject: WAY OT, but not inflamatory: Roast Beef Sandwich > > > >>> > > > >>> OK gang, this may be one of the strangest questions asked on > > > >>> the PDML in > > > >>> quite a while, and might give the list a few chuckles. Apart > > from > > > >>> > > > >> one > > > >> > > > >>> sandwich in 1957, I've never had a roast beef sandwich. I've > > > >>> eaten a wide > > > >>> variety of food in many different countries, but never a > > > roast beef > > > >>> sandwich. Yesterday I was gifted with a half pound of very > > > >>> nice looking > > > >>> roast beef, nicely sliced, and ready to go between two slices > > > >>> of bread. > > > >>> However, I haven't a clue about a dressing. I recall that > > > >>> roast beef goes > > > >>> well with horseradish, maybe mustard, but beyond that I > > > >>> haven't a clue. > > > >>> What dressings and accompaniments might you suggest for a > > > >>> nice, tasty roast > > > >>> beef sandwich. > > > >>> > > > >>> Thanks for any and all ideas, > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> Shel > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> -- > > > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > >>> [email protected] > > > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >> -- > > > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > > > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > > > > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the > > > sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt > > > nslpn raq liot. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
