Venison Not Fit For The Homeless According To Louisiana Government

[AUChizad]

http://houston.cbslocal.com/2013/02/25/louisiana-forces-homeless-shelter-to-destroy-8000-worth-of-deer-meat/

Louisiana Forces Homeless Shelter To Destroy $8,000 Worth Of Deer Meat
February 25, 2013 9:09 AM

SHREVEPORT, La. (CBS Houston) — Louisiana’s State Health Department forced a homeless shelter to destroy $8,000 worth of deer meat because it was donated from a hunter organization.

KTBS-TV reports that the Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission lost 1,600 pounds of venison because the state’s Health Department doesn’t recognize Hunters for the Hungry, an organization that allows hunters to donate any extra game to charity.

“We didn’t find anything wrong with it,” Rev. Henry Martin told KTBS. “It was processed correctly, it was packaged correctly.”

The trouble began last month after the Department of Health and Hospitals received a complaint that deer meat was being served at the homeless shelter. A health inspector went out and told the homeless shelter that deer meat was not allowed to be served and that is had to be destroyed.

“Although the meat was processed at a slaughterhouse (Bellevue) that is permitted by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture to prepare and commercially distribute meat obtained from approved farms, deer are not an approved meat source to be distributed commercially,” the department said on its Facebook page. “And because hunters brought the deer to the slaughterhouse, there is no way to verify how the deer were killed, prepared or stored.”

Martin says that bleach had to be poured onto the meat in order to destroy it.

“They threw it in the dumpster and poured Clorox on it,” Martin told KTBS. “Not only are we losing out and it’s costing us money, the people that are hungry aren’t going to get as quality of food, the hunter that’s given his meat in good faith is losing out.”

“While we applaud the good intentions of the hunters who donated this meat, we must protect the people who eat at Rescue Mission, and we cannot allow a potentially serious health threat to endanger the public,” the Health Department stated.

The department says it is now working with hunters in ways to donate extra game to homeless shelters.

[Saniflush]

Fucking dumbasses.

Gubment making sure you is safe.

[AUTiger1]

Yet, we can borrow money from China and further our debt to give foreign aid to other countries.  So much for taking care of your own first.

[AUChizad]

Kind-of-sort-of related, but really only just not worthy of its own thread.

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/morning-joe/50971251

So, apparently potato chips = narcotics.

Here's my take on this. Yes, there is an obesity epidemic in the United States today. What can be done about it?

Potato chips have existed for everyone here's lifetime. Was there an obesity epidemic in the 50's & 60's? There have always been soft drinks. There has always been a McDonalds on every corner of every town in the US. Again, where was the obesity epidemic 50 years ago? The menus haven't gotten fattier. If anything, they've gotten healthier. Could you imagine getting apples or salad from McDonalds in the 80's? The market has dictated that consumers want a healthier menu, so they are providing it. The lunchables example in the video above is further proof of this. They've been around for 25 years. No one complained. Now suddenly everyone's freaking out over the obesity epidemic, and guess what? Kraft is reacting to the market and changing the recipe. So what the fuck is more government regulation going to do here?

Public service campaigns like the one Michelle Obama has endorsed, and everyone here seems to view as despicable, are really the only thing you can do about this. NOT government regulation.

[djsimp]

Fucking dumbasses.

Gubment making sure you is safe.

What do expect from people who prolly don't even buy their own meat, much less seen what a real meat market is all about.