Urban legend?

Post #151,681 by Another Scott 4/18/04 9:25:00 PM Reply	Urban legend? In my browsing around the USDA's FSIS site I've seen pages that indicate there's a "Zero Tolerance" policy for beef feces. On [link\|http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OPPDE/rdad/FSISDir7000.htm\|this] page of directives for processed products I haven't been able to find anything about permissible levels of rat hair or feces. They have several directives about controlling bacteria, etc. Are you sure this isn't an urban legend from the days before the USDA when hot dogs were made of sawdust and the like? I'd be very interested in a link if you can find one. Thanks. Cheers, Scott.
Post #151,684 by boxley 4/18/04 9:35:15 PM Reply	I know a meat cutter who slaughtered in CA the inspectors would walk by rat carcasses and complain that the procedures were wrong, cutting bla before Ka. Alway enjoyed his stories of eating lunch with feces up to his elbows and daintily holding the sarnie via the waxed paper. thanx, bill "You're just like me streak. You never left the free-fire zone.You think aspirins and meetings and cold showers are going to clean out your head. What you want is God's permission to paint the trees with the bad guys. That wont happen big mon." Clete questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #151,767 by folkert 4/19/04 12:13:43 PM Reply	Nope, NOT urban legend. That was RAT feces and RAT protein. And it was cowhide(with hair count), or leather, not Bovine Feces. Bovine Feces gets washed off at the Slaughter house, with a special wash. And, since I lived next door to a "Mr. Turkey meat inspector" he showed me the "Book". It was current as of 1998 when he showed me. He has now retired to Florida. But I could prolly get ahold of him for you. You have to get the Full listings of the 2 inch thick book. I do not believe they publish it on the net. For just such reasons as people would FREAK OUT about the fact there is even a measurment for these things. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Give a man a match, he'll be warm for a minute. Set him on fire, he'll be warm for the rest of his life!
Post #151,797 by jake123 4/19/04 1:43:25 PM Reply	Makes me wonder. I mean, where do people think this stuff comes from? The Meat Tree or something? --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #151,818 by Andrew Grygus 4/19/04 2:40:58 PM Reply	There are also thick books of pictures . . . . at various magnifications to help inspectors identify various insect parts, feces, etc. Back when I dealt with government standards I saw advertisements for those books. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]

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