Posted on 10/26/2015 9:08:31 AM PDT by Red Badger
Think you’re making the healthy choice by picking a vegetarian hot dog? Check the brand you’re buying: A new report found that 10 percent of the vegetarian hot dogs tested contained meat, including chicken in a vegetarian breakfast sausage and pork in a vegetarian hot dog.
But that’s not all. Clear Food, a company that genetically tests food products, looked at 345 hot dog samples from 75 brands, including meat-based and meat-free franks. Of those 345 hot dogs, 14.4 percent had some sort of issue, be it a labeling inaccuracy or hygiene problem.
Some dogs were labeled pork-free — important for certain religions — but were found to contain pork after all. Others listed only one type of meat but included several or didn’t contain all the ingredients listed.
Even grosser: 2 percent of all samples were found to have traces of human DNA in them. Veggie dogs were the worst off, accounting for 67 percent of the hygiene issues and two-thirds of the human DNA found.
The good news: As bad as some brands were found to be, there are some trustworthy options out there. The report lists the soy chorizo and meatless corn dogs at Trader Joe’s as safe picks for vegetarians, and Taveritte’s, Whole Foods’ 365 brand, Aidell’s, Hebrew National, Ball Park, Oscar Mayer, and Johnsonville for meat eaters.
Find the full details, plus more recommendations for staying safe, at Clear Food.
http://www.clearfood.com/food_reports/2015/the_hotdog_report
Why would they contain human DNA?
Workers losing stuff? Like fingers?...........................or the MOB owns the packing houses.......................
We never did find Jimmy Hoffa....................
I have thought of several answers ... common decency and the desire to maintain a “family friendly” environment here prevent me posting any of them.
Abortions......
They use Animals from shelters are quick killed and sent to rendering plants...
And to them Aborted “fetuses” can be useful and profitable...
Sick so sick that I want to vomit.....
I bet those Termite People are involved! Sick! I’m sticking to my fat greasy Hot Dog. What could go wrong?
“Why would they contain human DNA?”
Because people touch them. Or even if not, test tubes used may have the trace human DNA.
The test is very very sensitive.
The first question they need to answer (which I would assume they have addressed) is if they introduced the human DNA themselves in doing their test.
Only Nathan’s, Hebrew National and Oscar Meyer ALL BEEF for us..........................
Soylent Green.
Actually Jimmy Hoffa became cat food.
To Serve Man.
Hair, skin cells, the occasional loogie.
O same here, I will only get Beef Franks even if they happen to be pricier than the other type of franks.
Great Minds Think Alike....
Shrimp in mobster sauce. - hat tip to Sheldon Cooper
You got that right Amigo!
Chuck in SG then Omega Man! Good end of times actor!!!
Good for them.
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