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Your Vegetarian Hot Dog May Contain Meat ... and Human DNA
www.yahoo.com ^ | October 23, 2015 | Molly Shea

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: food; hotdogs; soylentgreen; vegetarian
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IT'S PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!...................
1 posted on 10/26/2015 9:08:31 AM PDT by Red Badger
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Why would they contain human DNA?


2 posted on 10/26/2015 9:09:20 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: ilovesarah2012

Workers losing stuff? Like fingers?...........................or the MOB owns the packing houses.......................


3 posted on 10/26/2015 9:10:53 AM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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We never did find Jimmy Hoffa....................


4 posted on 10/26/2015 9:11:32 AM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: ilovesarah2012

I have thought of several answers ... common decency and the desire to maintain a “family friendly” environment here prevent me posting any of them.


5 posted on 10/26/2015 9:11:33 AM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: ilovesarah2012

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.....


6 posted on 10/26/2015 9:11:45 AM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: Red Badger

I bet those Termite People are involved! Sick! I’m sticking to my fat greasy Hot Dog. What could go wrong?


7 posted on 10/26/2015 9:13:16 AM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: ilovesarah2012

“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.


8 posted on 10/26/2015 9:13:44 AM PDT by ifinnegan
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Only Nathan’s, Hebrew National and Oscar Meyer ALL BEEF for us..........................


9 posted on 10/26/2015 9:14:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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10 posted on 10/26/2015 9:15:01 AM PDT by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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11 posted on 10/26/2015 9:15:39 AM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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Soylent Green.

Actually Jimmy Hoffa became cat food.


12 posted on 10/26/2015 9:16:00 AM PDT by alloysteel (Do not argue with trolls. That means they win.)
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To: Red Badger

To Serve Man.


13 posted on 10/26/2015 9:17:38 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: ilovesarah2012

Hair, skin cells, the occasional loogie.


14 posted on 10/26/2015 9:18:09 AM PDT by meatloaf
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To: Red Badger

O same here, I will only get Beef Franks even if they happen to be pricier than the other type of franks.


15 posted on 10/26/2015 9:19:05 AM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: max americana; Autonomous User

Great Minds Think Alike....


16 posted on 10/26/2015 9:22:27 AM PDT by alloysteel (Do not argue with trolls. That means they win.)
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To: Red Badger

Shrimp in mobster sauce. - hat tip to Sheldon Cooper


17 posted on 10/26/2015 9:23:40 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: alloysteel

You got that right Amigo!

Chuck in SG then Omega Man! Good end of times actor!!!


18 posted on 10/26/2015 9:25:05 AM PDT by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: Autonomous User

19 posted on 10/26/2015 9:26:44 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Red Badger
Hebrew National, Ball Park, Oscar Mayer, and Johnsonville.

Good for them.

20 posted on 10/26/2015 9:28:50 AM PDT by Former Proud Canadian (Buy gold, silver, land, guns, and ammo.)
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