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[sUper GeNius]

http://www.star-tele...ory/348800.html

Can this thread and the poop thread be merged??

Edited by FuLL meMbeR, 09 December 2007 - 02:44 AM.

[cyborgdreamer]

So brain matter from pigs gets into people and causes neurological symptoms? That sounds like it could be a prion infection like Mad Cow Disease. If that's the case, I'd question the safety of eating pork products.

By the way, why on Earth do they need to get pig brains out of their skulls, anyway!?

[niner]

Gee, who'da thought that inhaling vaporized pig brains could be bad for you? (Probably not prions; I'd guess an allergic sensitization to neural material. BBQ still "as safe as it ever was", imho...

[Anthony_Loera]

State health officials said there is no evidence that the public is at risk -- either from those afflicted or from any food leaving the plant, which supplies Hormel Foods.

Not to sound pessimistic, but I am not a big fan of state officials since the Mad Cow issues that began some years back, and would consider this a public risk until they know what is causing this.

Resveratrol? Personally I would simply avoid this kind of meat.

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[sUper GeNius]

So brain matter from pigs gets into people and causes neurological symptoms? That sounds like it could be a prion infection like Mad Cow Disease. If that's the case, I'd question the safety of eating pork products.

By the way, why on Earth do they need to get pig brains out of their skulls, anyway!?

"Kruse said the company has harvested pork brains off and on for years, depending on demand..."

Them's good eatin'. MmmMMm..good...

[krillin]

By the way, why on Earth do they need to get pig brains out of their skulls, anyway!?

Hot dog raw materials.

[cyborgdreamer]

By the way, why on Earth do they need to get pig brains out of their skulls, anyway!?

Hot dog raw materials.

Please tell me you're joking...

[krillin]

By the way, why on Earth do they need to get pig brains out of their skulls, anyway!?

Hot dog raw materials.

Please tell me you're joking...

I couldn't find any conclusive proof that they are used in hot dogs, but these sites paint a grim picture.

http://simple.wikipe...rg/wiki/Hot_dog

Animal by-products are used in all but vegetarian hot dogs, and may include skin (rind), lips, pig snouts, rectums, connective tissue, gristle, intestines, fat, and other parts of animal bodies. Bone marrow and brain matter may also be included.

http://www.mayoclini...disease/ID00012

Still, the meats most likely to contain prions include hamburgers, hot dogs, sausages and luncheon meats because they generally contain meat from different parts of the animal. The parts of cows that have the highest risk of carrying prions include the bone marrow, brain, spinal cord, eyes and small intestine.

http://www.stonyfiel...y.cfm?moos_id=2

Some meat in hot dogs, sausages and ground beef, especially in frozen and processed products, comes from a process called "advanced meat recovery," in which meat is extruded from carcasses under pressure supposedly without crushing the bones. A 2002 USDA survey of advanced meat recovery plants found that the meat from three-quarters of the tested plants contained central nervous system tissue.

http://www.fsis.usda..._Dogs/index.asp

Due to FSIS regulations enacted in 2004 to protect consumers against Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, mechanically separated beef is considered inedible and is prohibited for use as human food. It is not permitted in hot dogs or any other processed product. Mechanically separated pork is permitted and must be labeled as "mechanically separated pork" in the ingredients statement. Hot dogs can contain no more than 20% mechanically separated pork.

This may be where most of them end up.

Armour Pork Brains in Milk Gravy

[sUper GeNius]

Additional info.

http://www.cnn.com/2...s.ap/index.html