Thursday February 21, 2008, 6:01 am
This bad. Me confuesd. 2 year old beef. Me not want 2 year old beef. How you reacall beef that old. How anybody have beef that old. Not in freezer either. 2 years in freezer beef is burned with frost. Beef no good after 2 years anyway.

Thursday February 21, 2008, 6:02 am
I find it of interest that the shock of a "143 million lbs. of bad beef" that snuck its way into the food chain is the ONLY main focus by most people interested in this story, for it is about far more than this. It is about the millions of cows that suffer needless abuse because of the total disregard by food companies, USDA inspectors, our government, and plant workers who continuously engage in and allow this activity to continue. Sure, it matters as to whether or not people get sick obviously, but it is as equally troubling how our culture cares more about a hamburger than the pervasive, overt and systematic brutality incurred by the creatures providing that which appears on a plate. My 2 cents................

Thursday February 21, 2008, 8:59 am
Thanks, Peppermint. BTW, my comment wasn't directed toward your comment as we must have been typing simultaneously, but in regard to the editorial itself. Thanks for leaving the comment.

Monday March 3, 2008, 11:33 am
The school lunch program has been at risk since 2003, but it took an amateur video that went viral for something to be done about it. Remember, this is how much the USDA and their friends in corporate agribusiness care about your kids: "The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service, or AMS, which buys commodities for the school-lunch program and for government feeding for infants and the elderly, "took no corrective action against suppliers with recurring deviations [known as nonconformances], numerous commodity complaints, and products that tested positive for prohibited pathogens," ..."