Comments for http://getmms.org/blog Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:59:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on US and EU squabble over chlorine dioxide in poultry processing by admin http://getmms.org/blog/2010/us-and-eu-squabble-over-chlorine-dioxide-in-poultry-processing/comment-page-1/#comment-37 admin Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:59:29 +0000 http://getmms.org/blog/?p=55#comment-37 Hi Olga, good to hear from you! I don't understand it either. The US is obsessed with chemical additives - just read the labels on the majority of popular food items in supermarkets these days. To be clear, though, chlorine dioxide is much preferable to chlorine bleach. European water treatment practices have used chlorine dioxide for several decades, rather than using bleach. Sadly, that same practice is slow to catch on here in America. I remember reading several years ago about how the big chemical companies got together with the big textile companies in the 20s and 30s and began making chemical 'detergents' to replace soap. They claimed the detergents were better than soap because they were cheaper and more efficient than pure soaps, but what they didn't tell the public was that they wore fabrics out faster and were more toxic than soaps. I don't blame the EU for rejecting US poultry. Maybe losing a few hundred million dollars will wake the industry up to the fact that using chlorine bleach as a processing agent is not the way to go. This reminds me of the recent 'U.S. Beef Products' story that the NY Times recently broke. Ammonia in the beef, substandard meat quality. You're right, Olga. American industry is obsessed with chemical additives. Hi Olga, good to hear from you! I don’t understand it either. The US is obsessed with chemical additives – just read the labels on the majority of popular food items in supermarkets these days. To be clear, though, chlorine dioxide is much preferable to chlorine bleach. European water treatment practices have used chlorine dioxide for several decades, rather than using bleach. Sadly, that same practice is slow to catch on here in America.

I remember reading several years ago about how the big chemical companies got together with the big textile companies in the 20s and 30s and began making chemical ‘detergents’ to replace soap. They claimed the detergents were better than soap because they were cheaper and more efficient than pure soaps, but what they didn’t tell the public was that they wore fabrics out faster and were more toxic than soaps.

I don’t blame the EU for rejecting US poultry. Maybe losing a few hundred million dollars will wake the industry up to the fact that using chlorine bleach as a processing agent is not the way to go. This reminds me of the recent ‘U.S. Beef Products’ story that the NY Times recently broke. Ammonia in the beef, substandard meat quality.

You’re right, Olga. American industry is obsessed with chemical additives.

]]> Comment on US and EU squabble over chlorine dioxide in poultry processing by Olga http://getmms.org/blog/2010/us-and-eu-squabble-over-chlorine-dioxide-in-poultry-processing/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Olga Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:49:28 +0000 http://getmms.org/blog/?p=55#comment-28 Hello! Actually, I don't understand why you, guys, love chlorine and chlorine dioxide. Chlorine in poultry causes many diseases: e.g. allergies, digestive problems etc Do you feed your kids with chlorine and chlor. dioxide? This is the same if you feed them with chlorine. I'm a customer. And I prefer to eat something that is not chemistry but just food. I think I have this legal right - to live longer. I'm not a bacteria and don't need to be soaked with chlorine. Europe and Russia withdraws imports of poultry from USA. Do you think they eat contaminated meat? I don't think so. May be you don't know any other contemporary methods except your "beloved" chlorine? Sincerely, Olga. Hello!
Actually, I don’t understand why you, guys, love chlorine and chlorine dioxide.
Chlorine in poultry causes many diseases: e.g. allergies, digestive problems etc Do you feed your kids with chlorine and chlor. dioxide? This is the same if you feed them with chlorine.
I’m a customer. And I prefer to eat something that is not chemistry but just food. I think I have this legal right – to live longer. I’m not a bacteria and don’t need to be soaked with chlorine. Europe and Russia withdraws imports of poultry from USA. Do you think they eat contaminated meat? I don’t think so. May be you don’t know any other contemporary methods except your “beloved” chlorine?
Sincerely,
Olga.

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