[quote=faithful_servant;34600][quote=mlurp;34570]Does this make you wonder? After all the weeks of tomatoes now it is peppers. Our health is at risk by our own govt. And Americans do what? So you get what you deserve.
Any other ideas or thoughts?
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First of all, it's not the govt that putting people at risk, in fact in this situation they are the ones being the nanny for people too dumb to rinse off their food before eating it. So, you can take your European pseudo-superiority and stuff it in your haggis.
How about people learn to wash their food before eating it???? Or cook it first if they are confident of it's safety. People need to take responsibility for taking the proper steps to ensure that they are eating safely. I do agree that the food industry needs to get it's act together and follow much higher standards of cleanliness, including insisting on imports following the same standards.
The best thing to do is stop buying that crap they pass off as vegetables in the grocery stores. I've go news for those of you who do: TOMATOES ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HARD AND ORANGE. STRAWBERRIES ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HOLLOW AND WHITE INSIDE. PEACHES ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE CRUNCHY. Buy locally whenever possible or better yet grow as much of your own as you can. I'd love to see a new version of "Victory Gardens" being planted and the agri-corporations put into a situation where they don't have to import to keep up with demand.
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Yes the govt., is! Ever hear of the label of origin and the fight against it. You look it up and see who is against it. And if it would have had this scare contained in less than a week, the govt., is at fault. Look up the number of inspectors we have. That should keep you busy for a while.
Not every American has the proper space to grow their own. Nor the time. But I am sure more gardens will start to appear. I know I am looking at my back yard seeing the sun space I have, so I can start one myself. And you get what is in the store. So the producer needs the time (so they pick early) to get the produce to market. Most of our fruit and veggies come in from overseas or south of our boarders. Thats why we have the stuff year round.
07-22-2008, 10:37 AM
Re: Tomatoes safe and now it is peppers.. lol
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