Adams, Mike. "Ammonia Injected Into Hamburger Meat For Fast Food and Schools." The Holistic Option. 5 Jan. 2010. Web. 23 Nov. 2010. <http://www.theholisticoption.com>.
In the article Ammonia Injected Into Hamburger Meat For Fast Food and Schools, Mike Adams talks about what beef production plants do with the extra cow parts that they usually put in pet food. They scrape up the meat and inject it with ammonia to help kill e. coli and then it's sold off to fast food restaurants and schools around the nation. So basically, they're putting Windex in our hamburger meat. Lovely. The ammonia injected beef comes from a company called Beef Products, Inc. Astonishingly enough, "federal school lunch programs use about 5.5 million pounds of this beef from this company in 2008." There's another problem other than the beef being injected with the ammonia. The ammonia doesn't kill all the bacteria, therefore e. coli rates are increasing. Apparently this is ok with the USDA. They feel this procedure of ammonia injection is a ok and promotes the process, making the beef "safe enough" to eat. They were surprised that the e.coli rates were so high. This was because they thought the company's ammonia injectioning was beyond safe. They wewnt so far as to let federal agents call the ammonia a processing agent so it wouldn't be included on labels. The sad part is that this procedure has been going on for years without us even knowing about it as we merrily take our children to Mc Donald's for Happy Meals, thinking we're giving them a treat, when in actuality we're poisoning them. It makes you wonder what else is in our food. Lastly, Adams tells how we might as well open a can of dog food, spray ammonia on it and eat up. It's basically the same things as what Beef Products, Inc. sells us. I don't think I can look at a burger the same way ever again. I might go vegan after this assignment.
In the article Ammonia Injected Into Hamburger Meat For Fast Food and Schools, Mike Adams talks about what beef production plants do with the extra cow parts that they usually put in pet food. They scrape up the meat and inject it with ammonia to help kill e. coli and then it's sold off to fast food restaurants and schools around the nation. So basically, they're putting Windex in our hamburger meat. Lovely. The ammonia injected beef comes from a company called Beef Products, Inc. Astonishingly enough, "federal school lunch programs use about 5.5 million pounds of this beef from this company in 2008." There's another problem other than the beef being injected with the ammonia. The ammonia doesn't kill all the bacteria, therefore e. coli rates are increasing. Apparently this is ok with the USDA. They feel this procedure of ammonia injection is a ok and promotes the process, making the beef "safe enough" to eat. They were surprised that the e.coli rates were so high. This was because they thought the company's ammonia injectioning was beyond safe. They wewnt so far as to let federal agents call the ammonia a processing agent so it wouldn't be included on labels. The sad part is that this procedure has been going on for years without us even knowing about it as we merrily take our children to Mc Donald's for Happy Meals, thinking we're giving them a treat, when in actuality we're poisoning them. It makes you wonder what else is in our food. Lastly, Adams tells how we might as well open a can of dog food, spray ammonia on it and eat up. It's basically the same things as what Beef Products, Inc. sells us. I don't think I can look at a burger the same way ever again. I might go vegan after this assignment.
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