Consumers won't know meat origin after US ends labeling law

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  1. Denny Crane

    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    I'm sure we eat lots of vegetables and meats from Mexico all the time and there's rarely any problems.

    Don't drink the Dos Equis. It's not super safe.

    How about Tequila?
     
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    Thanks for the heads-up. My wife and I generally try to pack everything we can into the carry-on's for reasons like this and others. Neither of us want to have our vacation fucked with in terms of dealing with lost baggage, specially when it comes to flying to Mexico.

    When we flew to St. Martin, we checked the bags, but I put Mexico on a lower level in terms of safety/reliability.
     
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  3. bodyman5000 and 1

    bodyman5000 and 1 Lions, Tigers, Me, Bears

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    I carry anything important in carry on. My checked bag was full of shirts and shorts for the most part.
     
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    bodyman5000 and 1 Lions, Tigers, Me, Bears

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    I don't know where I got food poisoning from last month but I'm pretty sure it was E Coli. I felt like I was going to die.

    I've mentioned before that we've had multiple cases of hispanic employees leaving used toilet paper on the floor at my work. It's fucking gross and par for the course in parts of Mexico according to my friends at work.

    I'm pretty sure I got sick from some celery in clam chowder. The workers defecate in the fields and the irrigation moves it around the field being absorbed by the vegetables. You can't wash it out.

    I don't pretend to believe that the US is some kind of super clean operating room in comparison but at least we could track it here.
     
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    BlazerCaravan Hug a Bigot... to Death

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    FINALLY, I CAN START MY MEAT-PACKING BUSINESS BACK UP REGULATORS ARE SUCH PANSIES 'OH IT'S NOT MEAT' THEY SAID FUCK THEM!
     
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    Gives new meaning to the phrase "Mystery Meat."
     
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  7. Denny Crane

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    Not from seafood because the oceans are dead.
     
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    Article from 2013:

    http://www.thepacker.com/fruit-vege...nates-US-fresh-produce-imports-201449021.html

    Mexico dominates U.S. produce imports

    Statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture show that Mexico by far is the most important supplier of fresh produce to the U.S., accounting for 69% of U.S. fresh vegetable import value and 37% of U.S. fresh fruit import value in 2012.

    U.S. imports of Mexican fresh fruit totaled $2.86 billion in 2012, with the import value increasing by an average of about 20% per year from 1999 to 2012. By comparison, the value of U.S. imports of Chilean fruit totaled $1.22 billion in 2012, up an average of 10% per year over the same period.
     
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    Bean fed cows just don't taste the same.
     
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    That's racist
     
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    I sense a new X-Men movie:

    X-Men : Meat Origins
     
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    What about the people that die before "the scare"?
     
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  15. bodyman5000 and 1

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    That's what I said. I guess they shoulda known better????
     
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    So taco bell is kinda off the hook yes? /kappa
     
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  17. Denny Crane

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    The government or where the cows are born, raised, and killed, won't make any difference when it comes to that.
     
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  18. speeds

    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    More reason to buy local.

    Also, try to avoid beef sprayed with carbon monoxide.
     
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    Bump!
     
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