Do they HAVE to sneak MINUTE QUANTITIES OF INSECTS, RAT DROPPINGS, AND OTHER DETRITUS

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(in PPM) into EVERYTHING we eat?

and why is it legally permissible to do so?

[BarenakedLady]

1. Yes

And I blame you.

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2. You must have read "Fast Food Nation"

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3. i think i was inspired by upton sinclair

and although the abuses he related in "the jungle" are nowhere near as bad now, what the FDA allows and its actual enforcement capability is pretty damn scary.

[azmouse]

4. eh...

That which doesn't kill us only makes us stronger! :7

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6. that's what i say about chemicals and preservatives

and another reason why i don't use antibacterial soaps.

i want my body to be a temple of resistance and immunity. i think of it as self-inoculation.

we as a culture have become so weak willed, so led, so weakened that we run in fear of the very bacteria that made our ancestors thrive and which have propelled the human race through millenia of existence.

the immune system is a thing of wonder.

i think about restaurant menus from 100 - 150 years ago, people ate all kinds of raw food back then.

i think the introduction of chemicals and preservatives is a good thing.

i want to be toxicity man.

[azmouse]

8. I drink lots of alcohol.

Yeah, it kills a few germs but on the bright side the undertaker will have to use less chemicals to preserve me when I eventually pass. I think of it as being kind to the environment.

[datasuspect]

9. maybe they can cremate you

and distill you with some good hard liquor.

[XemaSab]

5. And corn

:(

[datasuspect]

7. plenty of bug parts

and permissible levels of pesticides, fecal bacteria in that too.

[BikeWriter]

10. Hey, they shovel shit in until it meets the Federal specifications.

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11. you know what's really scary

they'll have 1 - 3 inspectors that will cover a multistate region. lots of things slip through the cracks i imagine.

[BikeWriter]

12. Oh yeah, it's all random checks.

[redqueen]

13. good for the immune system,

that's what i figure