Posted on 11/22/2022 11:08:18 AM PST by Red Badger
A food processing plant belonging to one of the biggest faux meat companies is riddled with bacteria and food safety violations.
Internal documents and photos from the Beyond Meat plant in metro Philadelphia paint a picture of dangerous conditions with possible repercussions for consumers.
Bloomberg obtained the evidence from plant whistleblowers, publishing the findings in a Monday report.
A food safety attorney interviewed by Bloomberg indicated that the conditions at the plant were seriously unhygienic.
“If neat and tidy is one and filthy is 10, I’d put this at an eight,” attorney Bill Marler said of the plant.
A food processing plant belonging to one of the biggest faux meat companies is riddled with bacteria and food safety violations.
Internal documents and photos from the Beyond Meat plant in metro Philadelphia paint a picture of dangerous conditions with possible repercussions for consumers.
Bloomberg obtained the evidence from plant whistleblowers, publishing the findings in a Monday report.
A food safety attorney interviewed by Bloomberg indicated that the conditions at the plant were seriously unhygienic.
“If neat and tidy is one and filthy is 10, I’d put this at an eight,” attorney Bill Marler said of the plant.
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Purported photos from the faux meat plant — a 45-minute drive on the Pennsylvania Turnpike from Philadelphia — show mold growing on walls, as well as soiled containers used in food preparation.
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Official Photos and internal documents from a Beyond Meat plant in Pennsylvania show apparent mold, Listeria and other food-safety issues, compounding problems at a factory the company had expected to play a major role in its future https://trib.al/q1SAHYO
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Plant-based “meats” manufactured at the facility were found infected with the bacteria Listeria at least 11 different times since the second half of 2021, according to documents obtained by Bloomberg.
The food-borne infectious bacteria can cause illness for those who consume it, and it contains serious health risks for pregnant women, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
The FDA is yet to make a safety inspection of Beyond Meat’s Pennsylvania facility since the public company acquired the plant, according to Bloomberg.
Internal plant documents also suggested that inorganic materials like wood, string and metal had been found inside Beyond Meat products engineered at the facility.
In spite of this, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture “found no instances of nonconformance with regulations,” hailing Beyond Meat’s food safety protocols in reports that followed March and September plant visits, according to Bloomberg.
Beyond Meat declined to comment when questioned on the documents and photos by Bloomberg.
The company produces plant-based products made to resemble hamburger patties, sausages, and other staple meats.
Economic prospects for the faux meat industry have taken a turn for the worse in 2022, with demand for the chemically engineered meat alternatives failing to materialize as investors anticipated.
Proponents of fake meat point to it as an environmentally preferable alternative to the animal products that humans have consumed for thousands of years.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
With a steak sandwich on the side.
>I’m pretty sure that wood is organic
So is formaldehyde.
Is this that lab grown crap?
If you are speaking from experience, then the bad news is that you tried it. 😋
Up next,
Soilent Green is PEOPLE...
Then Bobs Burgers had a pilot episode of serving Human meat in their burgers
We’re DOOOOOOMED
As long as I can hunt, I’ll eat MEAT
I have discovered a way to turn grass into a surprisingly meat-like substance. The result is a truly plant-based product.
First, you feed the grass to a steer.
Then you kill the steer and cut its carcass into carefully selected portions.
You sell these portions to consumers under the trade-name “beef”.
I wonder if it will catch on ...
Soy "milk ==> soy boys
No, it’s PLANT BASED..................
you can bet Bill gates Lab Meat is just as bad
“If neat and tidy is one and filthy is 10, I’d put this at an eight,” attorney Bill Marler said of the plant.
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Just wait until they inspect insect processing plants ...
Yep, phytoestrogens.
Less sugar, don’t use plastic(especially in the microwave), more fat, and lift weights.
In food processing, there's a strict (ppm) limit on the amount of insect fragments allowable.
Eating bugs is not good for us.
But they want you to eat bugs - its the coming food for the New Age Great Reset.
Do I still get to feel morally superior for eating fake meat if it kills me with food poisoning?
This will not end peacefully.
Ahh.. thanks. That lab grown crap really scares me, but now the plant crap scares me more.
At least the Lab Grown is meat.................Frankenmeat, but meat...........
So true.
It gets better...
‘Watershed moment’ as cultivated (vat grown) chicken to be sold in the US for the first time
Dollars to donuts, the USDA will allow it to be sold labeled as “chicken”, with no mention of its Frankensteinian origins.
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