FDA and USDA to ban sale of raw meat - or are they? ;)

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/04/01/raw-meat-sales.aspx?e_cid=20140401Z1_DNL_art_1&utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20140401Z1&et_cid=DM43202&et_rid=470061685

United States to Ban Raw Meat Sales, Following Joint Agency Decision


"As a result, the FDA and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) will be joining forces to assure "undisputable safety" of all meats sold to Americans. And the only feasible way to assure pathogen-free meats, the agencies claim, is to ban raw meat sales. The joint agency agenda is reportedly slated to take effect as early as next year, at which point all meats sold within the US will be pre-cooked.

The FDA and USDA fully realize Americans are becoming more dependent on federal parenting as each year passes, and the rules will ensure nearly all foods Americans eat are irradiated, fumigated, and cooked for our safety."

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Farm-to-Consumer Sales to Be Eliminated

"As an extra measure, all animals will be tagged with transmitters to ensure no direct farm-to-consumer sales will occur. While this may sound drastic to some, it's certainly not new. Tagging of livestock for traceability purposes is already part and parcel of the USDA's Animal Disease Traceability Framework program,2 which regulates interstate sales of livestock.

Food processors have managed to reduce a farmers share of the goods they sell to just 7% of the retail price. This also ensures the continued erosion of the small family farms, where dangerous practices of selling direct to consumer may occur.

The final rule on this program was issued on January 9, 2013. The rule became effective on March 11, 2013. Four years ago, farmers criticized the plan as "draconian" in scope,3 warning it was just another scheme to control the livestock industry and favoring multinational meat packers. Little did they (or anyone else, for that matter) realize this program would become a key tool for banning the sale of raw meat altogether."

So the FDA thinks it's OK to eat shit as long as it is cooked?

Mercola tends to stretch the truth. At times, it is stretched way past the breaking point.
See: Quackwatch and find peace.

My sarcastic side says he is going to come out with a mail order meat company.

Although, it is the ".gov logical" way to solve the hamburger contamination problem.

And Karen, the answer is YES-- up to 3.7 percent (made up number, but there is a real number allowed).

Last line of the linked article:

Happy April Fool's Day!

This is the time of year to be wary of outrageous web links. People love to wind you up and push your pre-stressed buttons.

It sure does.
When I come across some articles that goes way beyond the bounds of reason I start checking references before I finish.

bummer, i was hoping it were true.

OMG, You so got me!! Took almost 5 to get my bp back down. Can't believe how blonde I can be sometimes. Thanks guys. First time I laughed this hard in days. Even if it was at myself.