One thing the North American education system stresses is that in order to
critique an article, you should read it. You obviously only read the title
and then guessed (incorrectly) at what the article was about.
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From: "Erik Fridén" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 7:19 AM
Subject: Re: peanuts - now aborigines


> Whereby I'm not implying that American education is necessarily any worse
than European! I know it differs from state to state and can be no judge of
that.
>
> After joining the EU a lot of things are getting worse in Sweden food-wise
also. If you inject saline solution into a bird for freezing-protection
purposes, in the EU it is then considered a semi-product. Since you aren't
forced to note the country of origin of the bird in itself (as you are here
with "proper" meat) you can then mark the chicken/turkey from Brazil or
Thailand as being produced in the Netherlands, Germany or Denmark (where it
was basically just repackaged) and sell it at dumping-prices in Sweden. Most
Swedes would never buy bird from overseas for fear of salmonella, but other
northern European countries might be considered if the price is right: "Hey,
they're kinda civilized too, aren't they!?" (sarcastic comment on Swedish
smugness).
>
> Besides, the Swedish government is not even allowed to make tests or stop
the import anymore - "...and why should they? Don't you trust your fellow
EU-countries?" This autumn one of the two major turkey-producers in Sweden
will shut down, having been forced out of business by "efficiently produced"
foreign birds. Sweden has been free of salmonella for over 40 years.
Researchers say, it is now only a matter of time before we have a major
epidemic... Too bad money always seems to be "blood-proof"!
> Erik F.
>
> Erik Fridén <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The article also explains why American beer sucks, why your
supermarket-meat is chockfull of hormones and why your vegetables are GMOd
and "nuked". When you give foodproduction completely over to profit-thinking
without "obliterating" the ill-informed by a proper educational system they
will force "the good stuff" off the market by buying the cheapest foods
(with acceptable taste), making healthy food - a human right! - a luxury.
Anybody wonder why our governments and activists are fighting the WTO to
keep the European market free from American beef?
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