Posted on 06/10/2019 4:11:28 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
Chimpanzee meat is being served as a delicacy at British weddings and served as 'bush meat' on market stalls it has emerged.
The border force is under pressure to introduce DNA testing to identify the meat at customs and has said it would be investing in new technology to tackle the rising issue.
Leading primate scientist Dr. Ben Garrod had said he was told by customs officials just weeks ago that a ton of bush meat from West Africa had been confiscated on a flight bound for the U.S.
He said it was routinely smuggled into Europe and the UK - which could cause the spread of serious disease...
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
What serious diseases?
What could possibly go wrong?
I understand infections of the brain are quite commonly at the top of worrisome illnesses when eating bush meat.
I stopped years ago. Doctor said it was making me go apes..t
I was acting bananas
Started joining Swing Clubs
...sorry....
Ebola is razing West Africa.
West Africans pouring across the border - many undetected.
Measles is also a raging epidemic in Congo.
And now this...
At least it isn’t the gorilla my dreams
Ebola and other hemorrhagic diseases ... but they aren’t series problems for most people
LOL.
Best so far...
Ebola?
What????!!!!
Who are the ‘most people’ that shouldn’t be worried?
People with super-duper immune systems?
So what? A variation of rocky mountain oysters is making everyone nervous? Its...like (A.O.C speak) rain forest oysters...
Tastes 93% like humans?
HIV is a serious disease that originated in bush meat. How many more do you want?
I’ll have the E-bola extra rare with a side of TB.
“Following the repeal of mandatory Country of Origin Labeling in 2015, global meatpacking corporations began abusing the label by misbranding meat and meat products from foreign countries as ‘Product of U.S.A.’ after moving them through USDA-inspected processing plants,” the organizations write in a news release.”
....it’s all fun and games until some start to sling sh#t....
Some people seem to be immune, so there is luck to depend on.
I believe AIDS is one of those diseases.
Bad! REAL BAD! (I laughed though anyway)
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