• ricecake@sh.itjust.works
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    10 days ago

    That “worst factory farm process” is cleaning chicken with cleaning agents generally regarded as safe.

    https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R40199.pdf

    The EU food safety agencies have issued opinions that it’s fine, and the EU would resume importing US poultry if it weren’t for that. The same agents are allowed to be used on other imported and domestically produced foods.
    The conditions in our typical poultry facility are perfectly in line with theirs, we just allow an additional rinse that they don’t.

    Our food supply is nowhere near as gross as people seem convinced.
    The biggest threat to the cleanliness of our food supply is actually people like RFK who view the food safety apparatus as the enemy.

    I really don’t see the incoming administration blocking washing poultry with vinegar or a dilute bleach solution and compensating with increased staffing for food inspection agents. More likely they approve requests by the meat industry to be able to do their own inspection and reduce independent verification in the name of “efficiency”.