Sixth Blog

Although this is not my first time learning about where foods are processed and where they come from, I still found it very interesting. One of the biggest impacts for me was the how the beef and chicken are produced. I find myself eating a lot of fast food and I know at anytime, I could be at risk for some of contaminations that are in those meats. No factory is perfect, especially with the employees working at extremely fast pace they do. Even if the USDA clears the meat for being safe, they still aren’t a hundred percent accurate because, they rely on being able to see if the meat is contaminated and there is no way you will be able to just see if the meat id infected. I also found it disturbing that the companies like Tyson and Monsanto, refused to talk about their production process. That just made me assume they know they are guilty, but just don’t care.
Knowing what I know now is why I don’t eat as much beef hamburgers as I use to. I mean I still like eating chicken, even though they aren’t good for you, but I feel that beef have had more issues. The beef that get processed can be from thousands of different animals and how they feed the corn cows, increases the chance of Ecoli. I honestly feel I will eventually turn away from fast foods, and eat healthier. But even green plants are contaminated, so I almost feel how the world is today, that nothing is safe to eat. I know now day’s companies just want money as fast as possible, instead of being healthier. I just find I sad that these companies can do whatever they want basically and have so much control, especially over farmers. Even when Smithfield workers are always punished and nothing happens to the company, when they are the ones transporting to the country. Evident that America cares more about their money, than the people who actually live in it.

"Genetically Modified Foods and Organisms”. U.S. DOE Human Genome Program. 05/09/10 .