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    Something fishy? Counterfeit foods enter the U.S. market

    Something fishy? Counterfeit foods enter the U.S. market

    USA Today
    Jan. 19, 2009


    Some of your favorite foods may be fakes.

    Foods masquerading as something else — a more nutritious something else — have been big news in the past two years. Chinese food companies in particular have been blamed for making deadly alterations to dairy, baby and pet foods by adding melamine. The chemical makes it appear that the food or beverage has the required level of protein.

    But what about food producers in this country? What fraudulent foods do U.S. consumers have to fear from American companies?

    Experts say dangerous U.S.-produced foods are comparatively few, but producers have been known to practice "economic adulteration" — adding a little to their bottom line by padding, thinning or substituting something cheap for something expensive.
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    http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/...ke-foods_N.htm
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    It's like they're actually trying to poison us. :/
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    Quote Originally Posted by FrankRep View Post
    Some of your favorite foods may be fakes.
    So you are saying that places like McDonalds and Krystal may not be serving real meat!?!?!?


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    It's real meat alright, just don't ask what kind.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tmosley View Post
    It's real meat alright, just don't ask what kind.
    I wouldn't even worry about that, I'd be more worried about the questionable, possibly unsanitary and certainly inhumane living conditions, eating sick and poisoned animals from the chemicals and questionable drugs they are fed.







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    Plus, the people that work at McDonald's are often less than sanitary(down here, many come from Mezzo/South America).

    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    I wouldn't even worry about that, I'd be more worried about the questionable, possibly unsanitary and certainly inhumane living conditions, eating sick and poisoned animals from the chemicals and questionable drugs they are fed.







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    Poor animals
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Collins View Post
    places like McDonalds and Krystal
    What the hell is Krystal?


    You guys need to get some friggin In n Outs..

    That's what a hamburger is all about (and this is coming from someone who is primarily vegetarian 99% of the year..)






    MMmmmmm mmmm bitches.. and there is NO trans fat in those fries, it's 100% pure vegetable oil
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    Quote Originally Posted by SnappleLlama View Post
    Poor animals
    Be grateful they haven't found a way(yet) to make Americans like the taste of Llamas!
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    Quote Originally Posted by zach View Post
    It's like they're actually trying to poison us. :/
    well what can we even do about it..

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    Quote Originally Posted by dannno View Post
    What the hell is Krystal?


    You guys need to get some friggin In n Outs..

    That's what a hamburger is all about (and this is coming from someone who is primarily vegetarian 99% of the year..)





    MMmmmmm mmmm bitches.. and there is NO trans fat in those fries, it's 100% pure vegetable oil
    this place is great.. its actually Christian owned.. and it is leaps and bounds ahead of the rest of the burger place in terms of health and safety..
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    Quote Originally Posted by heavenlyboy34 View Post
    Be grateful they haven't found a way(yet) to make Americans like the taste of Llamas!
    You be grateful that they haven't found a way (yet) to make Americans like the taste of heavenly boys...



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