GOODY TWO SHOES: U.S. Meat Not “Sanitary” Enough For Mexicans
Mexico has suspended meat imports from 30 processing plants in 14 U.S. states, over “concerns about the general condition of meat products [and] sanitation issues,” reports The Associated Press:
Among the plants listed on the site are the
Another Smithfield plant in Plant City, Fla., that processes pork, beef and poultry is on the list, along with three plants operated by subsidiary John Morrell & Co., two in South Dakota and one in Iowa, a Nebraska pork plant run by subsidiary Farmland Foods and a Pennsylvania beef plant run by its Moyer Packing unit.
Six operations run by Tyson Foods in
According to published reports, the suspensions may be in retaliation for the
ICE found illegal immigrants working at the Smithfield plant in Tar Heel and it’s not beyond the realm of possibility that the other plants targeted in the Mexican boycott also employ its forged documented nationals, whether knowingly or not.
Thanks to the Agriprocessors raid in May, the nation learned that businesses that hire illegal aliens often break a variety of wage and labor laws (fifth item). What guarantee do we have that meatpackers who purposely hire illegal aliens are following food safety procedures meant to reduce the risk of potentially fatal food-borne illness outbreaks, or can ensure that these barely literate workers understand them? No guarantee. If
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