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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / April 2007More quarantines
CERES, Calif. - A Stanislaus County hog farm was placed under quarantine after an industrial chemical that's tainted more than 100 brands of dog and cat food was found in pig urine there, state agriculture officials said late Thursday. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4733635.html Jill > CERES, Calif. - A Stanislaus County hog farm was placed under quarantine > after an industrial chemical that's tainted more than 100 brands of dog [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Jill But before anyone panics, this is not a commercial pig farm. They sell single pigs for Luau type parties. Jo >> CERES, Calif. - A Stanislaus County hog farm was placed under quarantine >> after an industrial chemical that's tainted more than 100 brands of dog >> and cat food was found in pig urine there, state agriculture officials >> said late Thursday. > But before anyone panics, this is not a commercial pig farm. They sell > single pigs for Luau type parties. Don't panic unless you've attended a Luau lately. :) Seriously, though - why would any animal that is being raised as food be fed a toxic chemical that might remain in the meat?? And anyway, I'm not sure it matters how many people are going to buy the meat. If people get sick from it, I don't think that's acceptable. Your point about not panicking is well-taken, though. Joyce > >> CERES, Calif. - A Stanislaus County hog farm was placed under > quarantine >> after an industrial chemical that's tainted more than [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Joyce Where did I say panic?! Heck, I bought pork chops just the other day and a pork tenderloin for the grill. I'm not panicking... just passing along information. If nothing else at least the government is taking a closer look at food these days. Thank you for that! Jill >> >> CERES, Calif. - A Stanislaus County hog farm was placed under >> quarantine >> after an industrial chemical that's tainted more than [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Where did I say panic?! Sorry, I never meant to imply that you did. I dread the day I can't even trust bacon. And it isn't like I'd feel safe going back to the meatless protein sources (ie gluten) I was raised on. Jo >>> >> CERES, Calif. - A Stanislaus County hog farm was placed under >>> quarantine >> after an industrial chemical that's tainted more than [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Jo I am going back to the farm and start raising my own food again if this keeps up. Nothing like getting your hands dirty to enjoy and take pride in what you eat. > >> jXwXeXrXmXoX...@sonic.net wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > keeps up. Nothing like getting your hands dirty to enjoy and take pride in > what you eat.- Hide quoted text - Raising & canning/preserving vegetables/fruit is kind of fun. Even extracting the honey every year I kind of enjoy. I'd have to draw the line at meat though. Sherry >> I am going back to the farm and start raising my own food again if this >> keeps up. Nothing like getting your hands dirty to enjoy and take pride in [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >line at meat though. >Sherry Chickens are easy to raise--plucking them is hard to deal with. Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere >>> I am going back to the farm and start raising my own food again if this >>> keeps up. Nothing like getting your hands dirty to enjoy and take pride [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Chickens are easy to raise--plucking them is hard to deal with. I was quite surprised at how easy it was to clean some pheasants a friend shot. Come the revolution, I figure if I'm willing and able to clean and cook them, I'll be able to find someone to kill them. Jo > I was quite surprised at how easy it was to clean some pheasants a friend > shot. Come the revolution, I figure if I'm willing and able to clean and > cook them, I'll be able to find someone to kill them. LOL. I'm sure I'd be upset and grossed-out if I had to kill a chicken. But if I had to do it to survive, I think that I'd get over that after a while. It's amazing what you can find the guts (so to speak) to do when you have to! Joyce > > I was quite surprised at how easy it was to clean some pheasants a > > friend [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Joyce I guess you didn't see last week's Jericho? > <jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net> wrote in message >> LOL. I'm sure I'd be upset and grossed-out if I had to kill a chicken. >> But if I had to do it to survive, I think that I'd get over that after >> a while. It's amazing what you can find the guts (so to speak) to do >> when you have to! > I guess you didn't see last week's Jericho? I've never seen *any* week's Jericho! :) What happened? Joyce > > <jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Joyce The IRS agent (city girl) staying with the farm boy (Post apocalyptic terrorist story) had to kill a chicken for dinner. So the episode shows her working up the nerve to kill the chicken. It starts off with her telling the chicken that she would appreciate it if the chicken did not run around without it's head after being killed. It's actually not a bad show, pretty good character development. Not to mention lots of cute girls and boys if you're into that sort of thing. :-) >> > <jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net> wrote in message >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > show, pretty good character development. Not to mention lots of cute girls > and boys if you're into that sort of thing. :-) I enjoy the show, or I probably should say I enjoy many of the actors on the show. But if in the end, the IRS agent had been unable to do the deed, I'd have had to quit watching. I firmly believe ALL IRS agents are capable of killing when hungry. Jo > <jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net> wrote in message >> I've never seen *any* week's Jericho! :) What happened? > The IRS agent (city girl) staying with the farm boy (Post apocalyptic > terrorist story) had to kill a chicken for dinner. So the episode shows her [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > good character development. Not to mention lots of cute girls and boys if > you're into that sort of thing. :-) Well, sure - I'd probably behave in a similar manner the first time I had to kill a chicken. That's what I said. It would be very upsetting to me. But I also think that, if I had to do it to survive, I'd find a way of getting used to it, because I'd have to. I believe I'm only squeamish about it now because I've never done it. Joyce |
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