12,000 Doctors Initiate Lawsuit Against USDA to Eliminate Fecal Meat

This week, the Physicians Committee of the Medical Group for a Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has taken legal action against the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding the disposal of fecal products. meat. At present, the USDA prohibits fecal matter visible on meat, stating that it can be eliminated during the trimming process. The PCRM, which brings together 12,000 health professionals who advocate for a plant-based diet, argues that faeces are currently present in meat products available to the consumer. The new lawsuit is a measure to compel the USDA to respond to a motion filed by PCRM in 2013 after conducting independent tests on 120 chicken products sold in 15 supermarkets in 10 cities – including 48 percent contained feces. "We often see birds coming down with still attached intestines, which are full of faecal contamination," said a federal inspector in the lawsuit. "If the bird's skin is not contaminated with faeces, we can do nothing to prevent that bird from descending into this line. It is more than reasonable to assume that once the bird enters the cooling pond (a large tank of cold water), the contamination enters the water and contaminates all other carcasses of the cooler. This is why it is sometimes called "faecal soup". The complaint asks the USDA to remove the labels touting the term "healthy" from the packaged meat and, as the contamination is "common and even expected," replace it with a message that warns the consumer of contamination. faecal possible. "The USDA misleads consumers every time inspectors put a" healthy "label on contaminated food," said Deborah Dubow Press, Associate General Counsel for PCRM, who initiated the lawsuit. "Consumers should be horrified to know that the USDA's safety standard is" no visible droppings. "On Friday, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention linked ground beef to the epidemic. E. Coli that sickened 109 people in six states. E. coli is found only in feces.