mmmmm..good?

[Toaster]

I was at a local "dollar" type store. In a bin, they had these little 5oz tins of "sausage" sort of like vienna sausage. They had these for 10 for a buck but they just didn`t sell. Heres a list of the ingredients, you`ll soon know why:

Ingredients:
Mechaniclly separated chicken, water, beef tripe, pork skins, corn syrup, pork spleens, salt, no more than 2% soy protein isolate, pork stomachs, flavorings, sodium phosphate, sodium nitrate, oleoresin of paprika, smoke flavorings.

I tell ya folks, someone should have added a line stating the following:

The contents herein may not be suitable for human consumption. These contents are a waste disposal experiment that is currently underway.

As far as nutritional info...the can reads:
Total fat 13g 22%
Saturated fat 3.2g 32%
Sodium 1000mg !!!!

My gawd...yer supposed to eat this????...and "Live"?

[glc]

Damn - I wouldn't feed that $#!t to my DOG!

Did you really stand there in the store and write that down, or did you actually BUY it?

[M. A. Dockter]

he he he...good question glc. I sure would like to know how you remembered all of that info :)

[jessho]

I worked with a guy that once worked in a chicken processing plant. (He swore he would probably starve rather than eat chicken). He said that everything is used including the feathers. I asked him what they did with the feathers. He told me that they are ground up and used as protein in pet food.

[glc]

At least feathers shouldn't be so loaded with fat and sodium!

[jessho]

Low in fat... Low in sodium...Plenty of fiber.......ALL NATURAL!!!!!!!!!!

Could this be the new breakfast of champions?????????

[Byte 2.0]

I have worked in a Frozen food plant. It was everything except Kill.

I have worked most of the available postions at least for a short time.

I have worked on the line packing, I have worked in the cookroom, In the RAW area, Night Clean up, and even with QA(quality Assurence). I have seen everything at the plant I work. You could say I have worked side by side with inspectors.

The plant I worked for was own by Hudson Foods, Tyson Foods, and is now Owned by Advanced Foods...

It was mainly at Chicken Processing plant however they did run some pork.

I have to admit that plant was clean, It didn't brother me to eat food that came from there.

Think of it this way, I would have maybe 3 areas to clean in one night, normally you get the same area over and over so that you are an expert there. You clean and clean, then in the morning you are inspected with a flash light. I have seen the inspectors under, in, and around all of the equipment.

IF it wasn't done right you didn't get your bonus for that night.

By the time we were done you could eat off of the floor.
they were always testing the belts for any type of germs that may have attacted to it.

I will say that was very hard work. also the inspectors worked for the government, which meant the company had to do what every they said. The company hated the down time, but knew if the inspector wanted to she could shut down the plant at anytime she decided to

I will admit that we had a very hard inspector, but it makes me feel better to thing that food plants get inspected. If all the plants get inspect half as hard as were, it would be very safe.

I know I list that I worked for Hudson Foods, you remember the ecoli posining, I started for them right after that happened, the plant I worked for was not involed with that mess, since they did not run beef.

[Toaster]

Actually, I bought 1 can just to see if you folks ever read ingredients on what you consume. Still, it sits there, unopened and this state will probably go unchanged.
It does state on the can that its "grade a Inspected".
I really dont doubt its cleanliness but rather its contents.

Mechanically seperated chicken. That sounds rather rough on the chickens part.

Iv`e never had anything to do with "food processing" of any sort. I do however hear much about the dreaded "chicken plants" and the risks taken, let alone the product.
Actually, come to think of it, it seems the contents seem to exceed the capacity of the container...:D

[bob]

Look up the ingredients in any cheap sausage or hot dog.

Buy Kosher if you want "just the beef"