RE: New York Times - Red Meat Irradiation Rules

[Mike Dempsey <mdempsey@lanl.gov>]

Well said brother!  Touche to all who have no appetite for profit, the
former Soviet Union awaits you!  When I see all the starving people in
Africa on the TV,  I bet the last thing in their mind is whether the food
has been irradiated or not.

Clearly my own opinion!

Mike Dempsey
mdempsey@lanl.gov


At 02:12 PM 2/12/99 -0600, you wrote:
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>Throwing away a lot of food is certainly the best way I can think of to
>improve everybody's life.
>I certainly wouldn't want to make a profit myself.  Whenever I look for a
>job I always work for the emplyer that charges me the most to work for
>them, that way I'm always a better person because I've lost the maximum
>possible amount of money.  I have heard that some really bad people
>actually require their employers to pay them but I have a hard time
>understanding such an evil concept.  Of course the problem in paying your
>employer to work for them is that in order for them to be good employers
>they have to be wasteful and inefficient so that they don't make a profit.
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>Clearly my own thoughts, and hopefully no one elses.
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>Don Kosloff, 2910 Main St. Perry OH 44081, dkosloff@ncweb.com
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>Brian_Gaulke@hc-sc.gc.ca on 02/12/99 11:38:04 AM
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>Subject:  RE: New York Times - Red Meat Irradiation Rules
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>Brian Gaulke
>02/12/99 11:17 AM
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>On 99/02/12 Mike G. wrote:
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>     So, once again, the purpose of irradiation is to prolong
>     shelf life, not to serve as a substitute for sanitary food
>     handling procedures to minimize the number of 'starting
>     organisms' on your food product.
>It seems that Mike has given the real reason the food industries might be
>interested in irradiation, i.e., reducing losses by increasing shelf life
>thereby increasing profits.  The issue of reducing deaths could just be a
>convenient way of selling the idea to the public and regulators.
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>Just my opinion,
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>Brian R. Gaulke, CHP
>Brian_Gaulke@hc-sc.gc.ca
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