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.
It’s all ball bearings these days
“What wuld you like to order?”
“Ah i dunno- gimme a petri dish meatless burger thanks”
Beyond Mold.
Mold is penicillin, thus this helps cure you.
Science!...
Yummy. May I have some more, sir?
At your earliest convenience....................
I guess the labels on this will also have the cursed label —
BioEngineered Ingredients Used !!!
We are finding we can’t buy anything anymore without that cursed label.
John Cocktoasten?
Are you a guest of the Underhills?
At Publix yesterday ...
BioEnginerred Ingredients
It was on Publix brand Deli Cole Slaw, Deli Potato Salad.
All the bread items made in Publix bakery.
Publix brand yogurt.
Chips
I ran out of film in my camera at that point.
Its a curse.
I’ll have a steak sandwich. And a steak sandwich.
Meat, maybe, Soylent Green.
It is a good thing meat processing plants and slaughterhouses are so clean by comparison. Oh, wait….
The bad news is the taste. Terrible.
Classic
For years we were told processed foods were bad for us because of all the preservatives, dyes, emulsifiers etc.
Fast forward to today now we’re told told to eat more processed foods because it’s “good for the planet”
I say “screw the planet”
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