Salmonella outbreak traced to MEXICAN grown produce

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[Scythian]

A fresh jalapeño pepper grown in Mexico and processed in Texas has tested positive for the strain of salmonella that has sickened more than 1,200 people in recent months, food safety and health officials said today.

[madison10]

Wow, couldn’t see THAT one coming.

[bboop]

Me, too. Boy, am I surprised.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I think we all knew this...

Sorta like not reporting the name Mohammed or that a corrupt pol is a D.

It’s like the old Soviet Union where what’s not said in the press is more important than what is.

[Scythian]

I’d provide a source but my other thread got pulled, we cannot post the AP stories. Though Drudge seems to be able too? But ya, go figure, now the press will try to make excuses for our Mexican friends who have no vaccinations, go to the bathrooms in the fields and have no hand washing facilities ....

[JennysCool]

what the FDA doesn't want you to know.

Actually, it's the FDA reporting the possibility that Mexican jalapenos may be responsible. It's been on the news all day. Where you been?

[DoughtyOne]

Isn’t that the truth. Nevermind hundreds if not thousands of our fellow citizens got sick because our government played footsie with this.

Trade! The almighty god of our leaders. What do a few citizens matter when there’s a buck to be made by big contributors?

[Scythian]

Oh, well, I’ve been around? This just ticks me off. Why do we import food from China and Mexico? Do we long to die or what?

[scarface367]

So in your mind should we not trade with any countries for food? I’m sure that would do wonders for our economy.

[Scythian]

Exactly, they could have banned Mexican produce, like Hello? But instead we search old ladies in airports rather than than target the usual suspects (bad analogy?)

[cripplecreek]

I’m SHOCKED I tell ya.

[Scythian]

So in your mind should we not trade with any countries for food? I’m sure that would do wonders for our economy.

Yes. That is exactly my though, since when does America need to import food? Give me a break.

[jonrick46]

Wild boars? The 2006 outbreak of E. coli in spinach, for example, was caused by such animals getting into the fields.

[Scythian]

LOL, that’s what they said, ya, if you buy into that kind of thing.

[the invisib1e hand]

Salmonella outbreak traced to MEXICAN grown produce

this is beyond lame. you need to get a life.

[scarface367]

It's called comparative advantage. You know, basic economic stuff and all. Let us focus on what we do best, trade with countries that have a comparative advantage in other things, with every country involved being better off. If we grew all of our food ourselves, it would necessarily divert resources from other areas, leading to a decrease in overall supply and a steep rise in prices.

You are also aware that the UK has had to import most of its food for well over one hundred years, yet they're doing just fine

[Gaffer]

Only doing the jobs that sleazy American growers won’t do.....

[cripplecreek]

We used to grow a sizable crop of cold weather crops here in Michigan but they’ve all been altered to grow in the southwest closer to the cheap labor.

[mo]

So..like where to we go to file damages?

When do you think the Perfumed Princes on Capitol Hill will get it? /s

[indylindy]

Proof that poop grows more than food.

[DoughtyOne]

Look, don’t be silly. If we have health and safety rules governing U.S. growers, then we should demand those regulations be adhered to in foreign growers operations. We are exposing our populace to illness and death. I know you don’t support that.

[yldstrk]

Meh Hee Ko

[devolve]

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Pingo de interesto

[DoughtyOne]

I’m not totally against foreign trade. What I am against is the total disregard concerning a myriad of problems, based on the almighty buck.

[silentreignofheroes]

Money trumps Survival? Got it.

[Scythian]

You are also aware that the UK has had to import most of its food for well over one hundred years, yet they're doing just fine

Fine? In what way, their hospitals are full of the sick, dying and unhealthy, their hospitals are extremely dangerous full of antibiotic resistant staph and other bugs. I wonder if their immune systems are tanked by eating all this GMO, pesticide laden garbage.

[mo]

WTF?!!

[scarface367]

We are exposing our populace to illness and death.

An extremely small amount of the populace has gotten sick. Now, if we banned Mexican imports of food, what do you think that will do to food prices here in the U.S. You think people would like paying ridiculously higher prices just to have an even smaller chance of getting sick than they already have? I wouldn't.

[scarface367]

No, it’s called weighing both costs and benefits

[potlatch]

McAllen,Texas ! Thanks devolve, I’ll have to warn my daughter just in case.

[cripplecreek]

An extremely small amount of the populace has gotten sick.

Well if it's just a few.....

[scarface367]

In what way, their hospitals are full of the sick, dying and unhealthy, their hospitals are extremely dangerous full of antibiotic resistant staph and other bugs. I wonder if their immune systems are tanked by eating all this GMO, pesticide laden garbage.

Now, show me how this is in anyway related to importing food. You know, get facts instead of posting hyperbole. Or is that too much for you?

[scarface367]

Well if it's just a few.....

Ah, I see you're touching on the whole "if it saves one life it's worth it" fallacy.

[Sherman Logan]

(British) hospitals are full of the sick, dying and unhealthy

As opposed to American hospitals, which are filled with people who are perfectly healthy.

[homeguard]

Dirty little third worlders going poo poo in the veggie garden....time to start growing our own veggies....

[cripplecreek]

Have a pepper.

[Sherman Logan]

FWIW, the strains of E. coli that cause serious human health problems are not usually carried by humans. They’re carried by herbivores such as cattle and pigs.

I’m not saying that poor sanitation by workers might not be the cause, but that’s not the way to bet.

[scarface367]

Do you have a point?

[indylindy]

I would bet they are fertilizing with sewage.

[cripplecreek]

Yeah, I’m saying that if it’s only you who gets sick it would be well worth it.

[silentreignofheroes]

Brokers are the scum of the earth,They decide their costs and their benefit.Think about it.

[DoughtyOne]

If there’s no excuse for producing vegetables with critters here that will make people sick, then there’s no excuse for allowing produce with critters from Mexico to enter our nation.

I never said or intimated that I supported closing off all food sources from outside of the United States.

I do question an over reliance on any foreign born product. Do we want to become 70% dependent on foreign born food? Hell no!

If the oil situation has taught us anything, it’s that self-reliance is of prime importance when it comes to necessities.

[Vicki]

Feel bad for the tomato farmers. I will not buy anything from Mexico or China. However, that probably doesn’t protect you when eating out. Who knows where ingredients are coming from.

[indylindy]

ROTFL

[AuntB]

“Trade! The almighty god of our leaders. What do a few citizens matter when there’s a buck to be made by big contributors?”

NAFTA is GOOD for you! Mr. McCain says so. Capitalism has been perverted. Along with just about everything else.

[Sherman Logan]

For that matter, when you buy tomatoes or peppers at the grocery or vegetable stand, how do you know where they come from?

[scarface367]

Well there was an intellectually stimulating comment that made me change my whole view. Bravo, you’ve caused me to see the light. How could I have ever been so wrong.

[scarface367]

Well now you’ve gone and hurt my feelings.

[cripplecreek]

If you think it’s funny or “cost effective” for others to get sick, I seriously doubt hurt feelings are on the top of your list.

[sergeantdave]

I’ll make sure to throw the jalapenos into the tub when I wash the dog.