------ Forwarded Message > From: Sardar <sar...@spiritone.com> > Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 18:54:13 -0800 > To: Sardar <recon1968br...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Window cleaning chemical injected into fast food hamburger meat > > Window cleaning chemical injected into fast food hamburger meat > > Mike Adams > Natural News > Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 > > If you're in the beef business, what do you do with all the extra cow parts > and trimmings that have traditionally been sold off for use in pet food? You > scrape them together into a pink mass, inject them with a chemical to kill > the e.coli, and sell them to fast food restaurants to make into hamburgers. > > That's what's been happening all across the USA with beef sold to McDonald's, > Burger King, school lunches and other fast food restaurants, according to a > New York Times article. The beef is injected with ammonia, a chemical > commonly used in glass cleaning and window cleaning products. > > This is all fine with the USDA, which endorses the procedure as a way to > make the hamburger beef "safe" enough to eat. Ammonia kills e.coli, you see, > and the USDA doesn't seem to be concerned with the fact that people are > eating ammonia in their hamburgers. > > This ammonia-injected beef comes from a company called Beef Products, Inc. > As NYT reports, the federal school lunch program used a whopping 5.5 million > pounds of ammonia-injected beef trimmings from this company in 2008. This > company reportedly developed the idea of using ammonia to sterilize beef > before selling it for human consumption. > > > Aside from the fact that there's ammonia in the hamburger meat, there's > another problem with this company's products: The ammonia doesn't always > kill the pathogens. Both e.coli and salmonella have been found contaminating > the cow-derived products sold by this company. > > This came as a shock to the USDA, which had actually exempted the company's > products from pathogen testing and product recalls. Why was it exempted? > Because the ammonia injection process was deemed so effective that the meat > products were thought to be safe beyond any question. > > > > What else is in there? > As the NYT reports, "The company says its processed beef, a mashlike > substance frozen into blocks or chips, is used in a majority of the > hamburger sold nationwide. But it has remained little known outside industry > and government circles. Federal officials agreed to the company's request > that the ammonia be classified as a 'processing agent' and not an ingredient > that would be listed on labels." > > Fascinating. So you can inject a beef product with a chemical found in glass > cleaning products and simply call it a "processing agent" - with the full > permission and approval of the USDA, no less! Does anyone doubt any longer > how deeply embedded the USDA is with the beef industry? > > Apparently, this practice of injecting fast food beef with ammonia has been > a well-kept secret for years. I never knew this was going on, and this news > appears to be new information to virtually everyone. The real shocker is > that "a majority" of fast food restaurants use this ammonia-injected > cow-derived product in their hamburger meat. It sort of makes you wonder: > What else is in there that we don't know about? > > "School lunch officials and other customers complained about the taste and > smell of the beef," says the NYT. No wonder. It's been pumped full of > chemicals. > > There are already a thousand reasons not to eat fast food. Make this reason > number 1,001. Ammonia. It's not supposed to be there. > > You can get the same effect by opening a can of dog food made with beef > byproducts, spraying it with ammonia, and swallowing it. That is essentially > what you're eating when you order a fast food burger. > > It's almost enough to make you want to puke. If you do so, please aim it at > your windows, because ammonia cuts through grease like nothing else, leaving > your windows squeaky clean! > > Prison Planet.tv Members Can Watch Fall Of The Republic Right Now Online - > Don't Miss Out! Get Your Subscription Today! > > > http://www.prisonplanet.com/window-cleaning-chemical-injected-into-fast-food-h > amburger-meat.html >
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