On Thursday, September 19, 2013 5:54:26 PM UTC-5, F.O.A.D. wrote:
Hamburger Chef Jamie Oliver Proves

McDonald’s Burgers “Unfit for human consumption”



Hamburger chef Jamie Oliver has won his long-fought battle against one

of the largest fast food chains in the world – McDonalds. After Oliver

showed how McDonald’s hamburgers are made, the franchise finally

announced that it will change its recipe.



Oliver repeatedly explained to the public, over several years – in

documentaries, television shows and interviews – that the fatty parts of

beef are “washed” in ammonium hydroxide and used in the filling of the

burger. Before this process, according to the presenter, the food is

deemed unfit for human consumption. According to the chef and hamburger

enthusiast, Jamie Oliver, who has undertaken a war against the fast food

industry, “Basically, we’re taking a product that would be sold in the

cheapest way for dogs, and after this process, is being given to human

beings.”



Besides the low quality of the meat, the ammonium hydroxide is harmful

to health. Oliver famously coined this the “the pink slime process.”

“Why would any sensible human being put meat filled with ammonia in the

mouths of their children?” Oliver asked.



In one of his colorful demonstrations, Oliver demonstrates to children

how nuggets are made. After selecting the best parts of the chicken, the

remains (fat, skin and internal organs) are processed for these fried foods.



In reply to all of the bad press this process has received from Oliver,

the company Arcos Dorados, the franchise manager for McDonalds in Latin

America, said such a procedure is not practiced in their region. The

same, it should be noted, applies to the product in Ireland and the UK,

where they use meat from local suppliers.



In the United States, however, Burger King and Taco Bell had already

abandoned the use of ammonia in their products. The food industry uses

ammonium hydroxide as an anti-microbial agent in meats, which has

allowed McDonald’s to use otherwise “inedible meat.”



Most disturbing of all is the horrifying fact that because ammonium

hydroxide is considered part of the “component in a production

procedure” by the USDA, consumers may not know when the chemical is in

their food.



On the official website of McDonald’s, the company claims that their

meat is cheap because, while serving many people every day, they are

able to buy from their suppliers at a lower price, and offer the best

quality products. But if “pink slime” was really the “best quality” that

McDonalds can muster in the US, then why were they able do better in

Latin America and Europe? More to the point, why can they apparently do

better now in the United States?



These questions remains unanswered by the franchise which has denied

that the decision to change the recipe is related to Jamie Oliver’s

campaign. On the site, McDonald’s has admitted that they have abandoned

the beef filler from its burger patties.



Source: http://politicalblindspot.org



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