[Sca-cooks] Meat ban

Philip & Susan Troy troy at asan.com
Thu Jun 7 13:32:51 PDT 2001


Nikki McGeary wrote:
>
> Here's a memorable quote from the article:
> "An American hot dog, for example, can contain up to
> 20 percent 'mechanically separated meat,' which the
> government describes as 'a paste-like and batter-like
> meat product produced by forcing bones with attached
> edible meat under high pressure through a sieve.'"
>
> I found this amusing and gross at the same time (can't
> help it...I'm a veggie).

Does anybody remember what the USDA's allowable percentage of rodent
hairs, rodent feces, and insect parts is in whole wheat flour? I forget
the exact amount.

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com



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