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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: Because testing milk for safety is which: waste, or fraud, or
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 20:33:14 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider

On 2025-04-24 07:21, Skeeter OG wrote:
> In article <vuc5cu$cuvp$2@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com
> says...
>>
>> On 2025-04-23 18:30, pothead wrote:
>>> On 2025-04-22, Skeeter OG <invalid@none.com> wrote:
>>>> In article <vu93nt$1gtg2$1@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com
>>>> says...
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2025-04-22 14:43, Skeeter OG wrote:
>>>>>> In article <vu920d$1f8fm$4@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com
>>>>>> says...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2025-04-22 14:12, Skeeter OG wrote:
>>>>>>>> In article <vu8vhj$1ctqu$1@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com
>>>>>>>> says...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 2025-04-22 13:39, Skeeter OG wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> In article <vu8s2e$196cb$3@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com
>>>>>>>>>> says...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> ' The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control
>>>>>>>>>>> program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to
>>>>>>>>>>> reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to
>>>>>>>>>>> an internal email seen by Reuters.'
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-fda-suspends-milk-quality-tests-amid-workforce-cuts-2025-04-21/?ref=upstract.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> But no problem for you, MAGAts, huh?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 'The suspension is another disruption to the nation's food safety
>>>>>>>>>>> programs after the termination and departure of 20,000 employees of the
>>>>>>>>>>> Department of Health and Human Services, which includes the FDA, as part
>>>>>>>>>>> of President Donald Trump's effort to shrink the federal workforce.'
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> No one had an issue with milk before the regulations.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> LOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 'We are living in a time when many see ?deregulation? as a goal in
>>>>>>>>> itself. Red tape is obnoxious and counterproductive, and government
>>>>>>>>> should just leave businesses alone. That goes for an expanding array of
>>>>>>>>> consumer choices. When it comes to food, for example, an odd combination
>>>>>>>>> of the crunchy left and libertarian right now bridle at laws limiting
>>>>>>>>> their right to access ?natural? commodities, like raw milk.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I only made it to the second page without gagging. There Blum explains
>>>>>>>>> how milk was often adulterated in the late 19th century. It was watered
>>>>>>>>> down, and chalk or plaster powder was mixed in to get the color right.
>>>>>>>>> To replace the layer of cream on top, pureed calf brains could be used.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ...In the case of milk, formaldehyde was a favored option. Commercial
>>>>>>>>> products such as ?Preservaline? hit the market for precisely this
>>>>>>>>> purpose. Added to fresh milk, it could prevent curdling for days, the
>>>>>>>>> same way it could preserve dead bodies. Sadly, it didn?t have quite the
>>>>>>>>> positive effect on the living children who consumed it. Clusters of
>>>>>>>>> child deaths in various cities in the late 1890s turned public attention
>>>>>>>>> to what was being put into milk. Blum suggests dozens of children died,
>>>>>>>>> particularly those in orphanages and hospitals, which bought the
>>>>>>>>> cheapest supplies.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> For milk, a solution existed: pasteurization. It was already mandatory
>>>>>>>>> in some countries, but U.S. producers resisted on the grounds of cost
>>>>>>>>> and hassle. No, it would not allow old milk to stay shelf stable for
>>>>>>>>> weeks without refrigeration (something some of the dairy firms were
>>>>>>>>> obviously seeking when they used formaldehyde). But it would save
>>>>>>>>> consumers from the risks of salmonella, listeria, campylobacter (then
>>>>>>>>> known as ?infant cholera?)?not to mention formaldehyde itself.'
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Did I make you grep all that? The fact is there are to
>>>>>>>> many regulations. Do you really think with our technology
>>>>>>>> that they wont keep making good milk? Moron.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "grep" it? No.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Look it up in order to show you how stupid you are? Sure!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do you really think that companies can be trusted to act in the best
>>>>>>> interest of safety when they can make more money by doing otherwise?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They still have to have a product people will buy.
>>>>>
>>>>> And that was true before safety regulations...
>>>>>
>>>>> ...but they clearly adulterated products then.
>>>>
>>>> It's a new age. Relax.
>>>
>>> And look at the various food processing plants that get inspected regularly
>>> yet still have appalling conditions. So something is not working.
>>
>> So you think not inspecting them will make it better?
> 
> Who said that? Oh YOU did.

That was your implication.