US History II: Fast Food Nation Excerpt:
“What’s In the Meat?”
- Despite fears he was dying, Lee Harding remained at home suffering his abdominal cramps. Why did he stay at home, what did he want?
- What is Escherichia coli 0157:H7?
- What name was written on the red, white and blue box in Harding’s freezer?
- What was the primary reason the Hudson Food Plant had been built in Columbus, Nebraska?
- What did a modern factory designed to mass produce food mass produce instead?
- Approximately how many pounds of the infected meat was recovered?
- Using the figures provided by the author, how many Americans die after ingesting a food-borne pathogen each month?
- According to recent studies what can precipitate a neurological problem, heart disease or an auto-immune disorder?
- What is the essential danger presented by an industrialized and centralized system of food processing?
- Scientists believe that the first cases of AIDS date back to what decade, at least?
- How many packinghouses now slaughter most of the beef consumed in the USA?
- Can the federal government order a meatpacking company to remove contaminated meat from fast food kitchens?
- In a 1996 USDA study, what percentage of processed meat was found to contain microbes spread by contact with fecal material?
- “Selling Em by the Sack” is a history of what business franchise, the nation’s first hamburger chain?
- In the 1990s the average American ate how many hamburgers a week?
- How many heart attacks did Lauren Beth Rudolph suffer before dying on December 28th, 1992? How old was she when she died?
- Between 1992 and 2000 how many Americans have died as a result of consuming meat bearing the E. coli 0157.H7 pathogen?
- What would Nancy Donley have done to save Alex’s life?
- How many organisms of salmonella must you ingest to become sick? How many E.coli 0157.H7 must you ingest to risk life-threatening illness?
- How long can E.coli survive in animal manure?
- Aside from poultry, name two other animals that the FDA permits to be rendered into cattle feed.
- A single worker at a “gut table” may eviscerate how many cattle an hour?
- What type of cattle does McDonald’s rely heavily on for their hamburger meat supply?
- Upton Sinclair noted the use of two chemicals employed by the Beef Trust to eliminate the odor of spoiled meat. What were they?
- What event led to the abandonment of the SIS-C system in 1993?
- What seemed essential for the survival of the Jack in the Box franchise?
- What senator received the most money from the meat-packing industry between 1987 and 1996?
- The Hudson Beef company voluntarily recalled how many pounds of beef on August 12th of 1997? By August 21st the poundage of recalled beef had grown to?
- What office did Dan Glickman hold in 1997?
- According to Federal inspectors, in the wrong hands HACCP stands for what?
- What expensive cabinets has IBP introduced at all of its slaughterhouses?
- What does the USDA and the meatpacking industry want to do to solve the problem of food-borne pathogens?
- What is a “radura”?
- The meat packing industry is working hard to replace the word “irradiate” with what phrase?
- The most questionable ground beef in the US was distributed, for years, to what eating venues by the USDA?
- How many times was Northern States Beef cited for “critical violations” of food safety?
- The article’s use of the term “downer” is used to describe?
- For what entity is the meatpacking industry willing to perform rigorous testing for food-borne pathogens?
- Who discovered more fecal bacteria in the average American kitchen sink than on the average American toilet seat?
- What should be mandatory for fast-food workers according to Dr. Griffin?
- What is the problem that afflicts the milk-shake machine in the McDonalds restaurant in Colorado Springs?