No, obviously not. But when it happened we were able to do something about it, and we're able to learn from our mistakes. I've noticed that in the USA, on the other hand, corporate interests seem to override the interests of consumers in almost all situations where there is a clash. This doesn't just apply to food, it applies to the environment, transport, food, guns, you name it. You live in a corporate state where the interests of big business nearly always outweigh the interests of the individual.
-- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Bob Sullivan > Sent: 26 April 2007 18:15 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: WAY OT, but not inflamatory: Roast Beef Sandwich > > So that consumer lobby and european standards protected your food > supply from Mad Cow? Regards, Bob S. > > On 4/26/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > pretty simple, really. It's a result of the greed of the > agribusiness > > conglomerates who don't give a shit about food quality and only care > > about profit. These are the same people who are force-feeding you in > > America with equal quantities of shit food and black propaganda. > > Fortunately our consumer lobby is strong enough to > recognise a problem > > when it bites them on the arse, and to do something about it. > > > > -- > > Bob > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > Behalf Of Bob Sullivan > > > Sent: 26 April 2007 17:27 > > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > Subject: Re: WAY OT, but not inflamatory: Roast Beef Sandwich > > > > > > Well, at least no prions in the beef supply here in N. America. > > > I wonder how Mad Cow got into the european supply? > > > Regards, Bob S. > > > > > > On 4/26/07, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > so much for not inflammatory! > > > > > > > > There are, as usual, several agendas going on. The USA tries to > > use > > > > the WTO to force Europeans to take all their crap. > Europe is about > > > > standards, including stuff like food contents, and the standards > > for > > > > Europe do not include a lot of the crap that the US food > > > conglomerates > > > > feed to you unfortunates. Perhaps there is some protectionism > > going > > > > on, but the USA is really not in any position to point > the finger > > at > > > > others in that regard. > > > > > > > > But it is certainly true that American meat tends to be more > > stuffed > > > > full of that sort of crap than ours - the figures are in the > > public > > > > domain. I have personally seen the effects of this on a > > > friend of mine > > > > who came back from a year in the USA considerably hairier ('down > > > > South') than she was before she left! > > > > > > > > The important thing though is consumer education and > awareness and > > > > forcing the producers and retailers to label things > correctly and > > > > openly. Standards have improved enormously over here in > > > recent years, > > > > and more and more crap is being removed from our food all the > > time. > > > > I've been buying organic food since the early 1980s - you > > > used to have > > > > to struggle to get it, going to out-of-the-way shops run by > > beardies > > > > and hippies, and paying a real premium price for it. Nowadays it > > is > > > > readily available on every high street and significantly > > > cheaper than > > > > it used to be (although still more expensive than the crap). > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > > > > Behalf Of P. J. Alling > > > > > Sent: 26 April 2007 15:39 > > > > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > > Subject: Re: WAY OT, but not inflamatory: Roast Beef Sandwich > > > > > > > > > > I wonder how much of that is real health concerns and how > > > > > much is hidden > > > > > protectionism. > > > > > > > > > > mike wilson wrote: > > > > > >> From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >> Date: 2007/04/25 Wed PM 06:58:06 GMT > > > > > >> To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > > > > > >> Subject: RE: WAY OT, but not inflamatory: Roast > Beef Sandwich > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Throw away the bread and have it with Yorkshire puddings, > > > > > gravy, and > > > > > >> roast potatoes. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> -- > > > > > >> Bob > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > Better still, feed it to someone you don't like. American > > > > > beef is so full of hormones and antibiotics it can't be > > > > > imported to the EU and as for British beef........ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> -----Original Message----- > > > > > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On > > > > > >>> Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff > > > > > >>> Sent: 25 April 2007 13:31 > > > > > >>> To: PDML > > > > > >>> Subject: WAY OT, but not inflamatory: Roast Beef Sandwich > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> OK gang, this may be one of the strangest > questions asked on > > > > > >>> the PDML in > > > > > >>> quite a while, and might give the list a few chuckles. > > Apart > > > > from > > > > > >>> > > > > > >> one > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> sandwich in 1957, I've never had a roast beef sandwich. > > I've > > > > > >>> eaten a wide > > > > > >>> variety of food in many different countries, but never a > > > > > roast beef > > > > > >>> sandwich. Yesterday I was gifted with a half pound of very > > > > > >>> nice looking > > > > > >>> roast beef, nicely sliced, and ready to go between two > > slices > > > > > >>> of bread. > > > > > >>> However, I haven't a clue about a dressing. I recall that > > > > > >>> roast beef goes > > > > > >>> well with horseradish, maybe mustard, but beyond that I > > > > > >>> haven't a clue. > > > > > >>> What dressings and accompaniments might you suggest for a > > > > > >>> nice, tasty roast > > > > > >>> beef sandwich. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> Thanks for any and all ideas, > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> Shel > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> -- > > > > > >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > > >>> [email protected] > > > > > >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >> -- > > > > > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > > >> [email protected] > > > > > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > > > > > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > > > > > > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the > > > > > sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt > > > > > nslpn raq liot. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
