Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Recalled!

Look at the following thirteen brand names for this recent voluntary egg recall:

Albertsons
Lucerne
Mountain Dairy
Ralph's
Boomsma's
Sunshine
Hillandale
Trafficanda
Farm Fresh
Shoreland
Lund
Dutch Farms
Kemps

And then tell me, what do any of these have to do with factory egg farming in Wright County, Iowa?

Albertsons (No stores available for the selected state, Iowa)
Lucerne (Not a single manufacturing plant in Iowa)
Mountain Dairy (Eastern Connecticut only, from Moo to You. not one hint that Iowan eggs are used in any of their products)
Ralph's (Southern California only)
Boomsma's (No clue)
Sunshine (In Iowa! Wa-hey!)
Hillandale (from farm to forklift, the best shell eggs in the U.S.)
Trafficanda (why would an egg ranch in Van Nuys be bothered by eggs from Iowa, huh?)
Farm Fresh (their website says that all their eggs are produced in VA)
Shoreland (good luck finding any info on this outfit)
Lund (hey, they only get their eggs from Woodville, WI...so why would the government be recalling their eggs, huh?)
Dutch Farms (at least they say this was a bullshit recall notice, that some eggs may have been inadvertent packaged by a small distributor in Iowa)
Kemps (you'll easily find more info on Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle eggs than shell eggs...)

Are you at all concerned that humans, when entering these hen houses sniffing around for the source of this salmonella, have to suit up in biohazard gear beforehand? My son and I ate dozens of eggs on the Rock Ridge Ranch last year...I didn't once have to spray him down with 185 degree ammonia before he went in gathering eggs.

Again. You should disregard these recall notices. This is American consumption at its finest, and voluntary recalls only keep it that way. Continue to focus instead on who's in the lead for the NASCAR sprint cup. Casey Mears, yes? Fifty bucks says you know who's in the lead. Fifty more bucks says you have no idea what state (or states) your last egg came from.

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