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69. Not Sure I Believe That

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #68)

Mon Apr 13, 2020, 10:11 AM

Apr 2020

Best bet is to check packaging

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Smithfield shutting U.S. pork plant indefinitely, warns of meat shortages during pandemic [View all] turbinetree Apr 2020 OP

Smithfield SUCKS as a company ... so I'm not going to lament this too much ... mr_lebowski Apr 2020 #1

Smithfield is owned by Chinese now. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2020 #39

Yep Me. Apr 2020 #53

I have a hard time imagining this. Consider the logistics. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #64

You're Right, They Kill Them First Before Shipping THem To China Me. Apr 2020 #66

But they don't send the hogs back to the US. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #68

Not Sure I Believe That Me. Apr 2020 #69

Glad I stocked up on beans and rice jpak Apr 2020 #2

good. Less cruelty to pigs. Eat lentils, beans, nuts, quinoa, tofu instead Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #3

+1 Good nutrition important more than ever, especially for those at highest risk flibbitygiblets Apr 2020 #42

exactly. Bacon's good for no one (human or animal) Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #50

Agreed!!! n/t Coventina Apr 2020 #46

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Yep. Been getting by without eating pig for at least 30 years now. klook Apr 2020 #72

I think it's more like people tasted their briny ham tavernier Apr 2020 #4

Reminds me of this incredible article: OSHA: employers don't have to record COVID-19 cases progree Apr 2020 #5

This requires some clarification. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #15

You and I may have a difference about which provides clarification to which progree Apr 2020 #45

Jordan Barab, who was OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary from 2009 to 2017, mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #59

Thanks much for these former OSHA-ite perspectives 😂 n/t progree Apr 2020 #61

Jordan Barab especially keeps tab on current OSHA operations. He used to have a blog. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #62

afraid pork will be the next most-hoarded item RussBLib Apr 2020 #6

That is if you can find bacon and ham on the shelves. mwooldri Apr 2020 #8

There's no shortage of spiral-sliced ham in the DC-area. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #10

The last time I checked, the processed meats were all gone from the shelves at Walmart. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #19

it will be all meat before too soon as the US meat packing goes done for months beachbumbob Apr 2020 #21

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This is the next domino to drop. Nearby Greeley beef packing plant is fighting the same thing. hlthe2b Apr 2020 #7

It will start hitting the warehouses next customerserviceguy Apr 2020 #12

Yes we were (are). The PTB could care less who lives or dies. As long as their bottom line is safe. Evolve Dammit Apr 2020 #48

Thanks for the heads-up. I'm headed to the store to buy all the scrapple I can. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #9

Do you have roots in PA? IronLionZion Apr 2020 #27

Not in the last two hundred years. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #35

Oooo... BumRushDaShow Apr 2020 #30

I just can't see long lines of shoppers with carts full of scrapple, or fights in the aisle over mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #34

I remember trying Rapa BumRushDaShow Apr 2020 #36

Taylor Pork Roll kicks scrapple's ass jberryhill Apr 2020 #52

LOL BumRushDaShow Apr 2020 #55

Hardly anyone makes Scrapple in the Midwest AwakeAtLast Apr 2020 #31

I grew up in Amish country Rural_Progressive Apr 2020 #67

My husband is PA Dutch AwakeAtLast Apr 2020 #73

"perilously close to the edge" in supplies for grocers. left-of-center2012 Apr 2020 #11

Meat first customerserviceguy Apr 2020 #13

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Which...that people are sick or that they are out of work? Maeve Apr 2020 #22

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They are owned by a Chinese company anyway Sucha NastyWoman Apr 2020 #16

The same thing happened here in PA with Cargill (and other) plants BumRushDaShow Apr 2020 #17

food riots are rarely good for incumbent dictators bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #18

Didn't a wise man once say .. jb5150 Apr 2020 #20

So the truth has finally went public. Wellstone ruled Apr 2020 #24

Issues at Iowa Facilities econron Apr 2020 #57

Thanks for the info. Wellstone ruled Apr 2020 #58

Maybe Shes Trying to Win the Apprentice econron Apr 2020 #71

This is a BAD Thing? Nacht Owl Apr 2020 #25

So what! This isn't about that. jimfields33 Apr 2020 #29

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Smithfield Co. "To be or not to be?" spike jones Apr 2020 #32

there are already shortages of everything and will continue for months. nt yaesu Apr 2020 #33

I needed to cut back on meat anyway as its both pricey and cstanleytech Apr 2020 #37

"perilously close to the edge" in supplies for grocers. Maxheader Apr 2020 #38

No pork butts for you Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2020 #40

Every Good Age of MAGA warrior knows,,,,, Cryptoad Apr 2020 #44

So Trump gonna have problem... Joe Bacon Apr 2020 #49

Not just b/c of all the employees diagnosed with CV, no_hypocrisy Apr 2020 #51

They got most of their pork from China. AJT Apr 2020 #54

Whoa, for real? obamanut2012 Apr 2020 #60

This seems unlikely. mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 #63

No, they don't get any pork from China Yeehah Apr 2020 #65

Ahhhh. Sorry. AJT Apr 2020 #70

Sad for the workers, but otherwise not a doomsday event DarthDem Apr 2020 #56

The entire "muh bacon" crowd just shit their collective pants. Codeine Apr 2020 #74

Oh my ck4829 Apr 2020 #75