I was watching a documentary and heard that Cows with cancer can be slaughtered and distributed to the market place for mass consumption.
Anybody know the in's and out's of the USDA approval system on meat??
I am officially a vegetarian!
2007-01-15 16:09:57 · 13 answers · asked by Jon_113 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
the cow can have open infected wounds,cancer and what ever other nasty thing cows get.if its breating by the time it gets to the slaughter house (it doesn't even have to be able to walk) then they can use it.
they don't care if it makes you sick all they care about is if it makes them money.
2007-01-15 20:30:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, antibiotics are in meat. Factory farmed animals are fed huge amounts of antibiotics to keep them alive in conditions which would otherwise kill them. There's really no process that removes the antibiotics from the meat, so we actually do consume them when we eat meat. The same goes with hormones. And I'm not sure how or if we break it down. I wouldn't think it would act like a human antibiotic because it's not as potent, I would think. I mean, an animal has consumes it and used it. Then we eat the animal and consume the drugs. But over time I would think it might have some kind of effect.
2016-05-24 20:36:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I know that about 2 decades ago, they let the cows eat the remains of the slaughtered cows. And some of the slaughtered cows had mad cow disease. And it wasn't monitored. This kind of thing still happens. You made a very intelligent move, and you will live a very long and healthy life if you keep being intelligent and make smart food choices.
2007-01-15 21:32:16 · answer #3 · answered by Sam the Man 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When cattle go to a processing plant, after they are slaughtered, quite a few inspectors check the carcass to see if anything is wrong with it. If they find something wrong, then the meat is labeled inedible, and it is disposed of. If the meat isn't real bad, it can be made into pet food, but if the animal had something like tuberculosis, then it is destroyed.
2007-01-16 15:42:58 · answer #4 · answered by esugrad97 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have heard that.
Read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. I'm sure practices have changed some since then, but it will give you an idea of what happens in the meatpacking industry. Ewww. You really don't want to know whats in the bologna.
2007-01-16 02:45:51 · answer #5 · answered by lovely 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Congrads on making one of the best
decisions you ever will.
Vegan and Proud really knows his
stuff and is a fountain of info-
Kudos V&P
For more info and illustration
on stream lined meat inspection
read " Saughterhouse by
Gail Eisenitz". It will strenghten
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2007-01-17 10:46:19 · answer #6 · answered by Standing Stone 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but I saw that on the video on www.meat.org
They only mention it briefly in the cow section, so you have to watch closely.
2007-01-15 18:02:10 · answer #7 · answered by mountain_laurel1183 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldnt be surprised, the only thing any major companies care about today is PROFIT!
2007-01-15 17:38:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if they are allowed to but I'm sure they do. Thank god I'm a vegetarian.
2007-01-15 16:18:59 · answer #9 · answered by Lauren 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ALL meat is deceased, dummy!
Unless you like monkey brains in the table, like in Peking.
2007-01-15 17:29:24 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋