FDA urged to ban feeding Millions of Tons of Chicken Shit to cattle

[Ichingcarpenter]

A fight is brewing over the practice of feeding chicken feces and other poultry farm waste to cattle.

A coalition of food and consumer groups that includes Consumers Union and the Center for Science in the Public Interest has asked the Food and Drug Administration to ban the practice. McDonald's Corp., the nation's largest restaurant user of beef, also wants the FDA to prohibit the feeding of so-called poultry litter to cattle.

Members of the coalition are threatening to file a lawsuit or to push for federal legislation establishing such a ban if the FDA doesn't act to do so in the coming months.

Farmers feed 1 million to 2 million tons of poultry litter to their cattle annually, according to FDA estimates. The litter includes feces, spilled chicken feed, feathers and poultry farm detritus.


http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-feed31-2009oct31,0,1227725.story

[Teaser]

1. but I want my special sauce...

.

[Divine Discontent]

2. "Have It Your Way!"

flame-broiled chicken poo.

to even read that they feed chicken feces to the cattle is nauseating enough, but to hear that it's actually legal still is even more so!

[vaberella]

3. Then you do not want to know what's in your Peanut Butter. n/t

[Divine Discontent]

4. don't do this to me Vaberella....

I have 3 jars in my cabinets.... go ahead. Tell me, it's jiffy. (I suppose there's some rat droppings that have mixed their way into the peanuts, or should I say, some peanuts found their way into the rat droppings? that's just sick.. lol)

[SPedigrees]

5. Well apart from the rat droppings, there's HFCS.

I recommend an organic brand. It won't have high fructose corn syrup and it might not have so many rat feces. And it will taste better.

[flvegan]

16. Jif doesn't have HFCS.

Personally, I grind my own at the health food store.

[vaberella]

6. Just throw in some rats too...not just the droppings.

Apparently a good number of rat fur is okay in Peanut butter. I got rid of peanut butter when I found out. I can't handle that stuff.

[masmdu]

8. Just Peanuts

[vaberella]

12. Keep dreaming or enjoy the rat hair, feces, and body parts and pretend it's just nuts. n/t

[Divine Discontent]

18. LA LA LA LA (can't hear you) LA LA LA LA

:rofl:

[HowHasItComeToThis]

14. MAKES ME WANT TO BE A VEGETABLETARIAN

[RC]

7. And people wonder why I still won't eat beef even when Obama is President now.

I probably don't want to know what we feed chickens in this country.

[excess_3]

9. OK, what is the carbon issue? .nt

[terip64]

10. Eat grass fed beef and then you don't have to worry about this shit. ;) n/t

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. Only if they are fatten and butchered locally.

This practice mostly happens in feed yards before slaughter.


Most of the beef consumed in this country is a product of this
chicken shit process.

[Dead_Parrot]

13. On what fucking planet did that sound like a good idea?

:shrug:
:puke:

[rollingrock]

15. Put an end to corporate factory farming

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[flvegan]

17. Being vegan has many benefits.

Just saying...

[Dead_Parrot]

19. Vegetables often get fed shit too, y'know

:P