Meat puppets

Via Norwegianity, an article on new BushCo sponsored rules relaxing requirements for what goes into your hamburger.

A short notice from the United States Department of Agriculture has created a stir-and perhaps a wave of nausea-among the nation’s meat inspectors.

Called “FSIS NOTICE 15-06: Use of Non-Amenable Animal Tissue in Inspected Products,” the notice essentially says that animals that you wouldn’t normally associate with hamburgers can be “included in amenable meat or poultry products produced in official establishments.”

In other words, anything from deer to dog meat can be ground into hamburger, as long as it meets state regulations, which inspectors say tend to be looser than the federal government’s.

“Suffice it to say, this is bizarre to inspectors in the field,” said Trent Berhow, president of the Midwest Council of Food Inspectors locals, who lives in Iowa. “To read this, it looks to us that any product that is slaughtered under state inspection requirements can be co-mingled with federally inspected products...

Does this also mean that a slaughtered cat or dog can be added to sausage, Kenne was asked?

“Yes, that is a possibility should one wish to pursue to use them as an ingredient in the product. Public perception may not be so acceptable of the practice though,” Kenne responded.