Schlosser Chapter 9

   In chapter 9 of Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, Schlosser exposes and discusses the very dangerous flaws in the meatpacking industry. I found it extremely disturbing that when a large supply of meat was discovered to have been tainted with E. coli, the consumers were still unaware of the harmful bacteria that was lurking in their foods. Though action was taken, it was the steps and manner in which it was done that had proven to be poor and ultimately ineffective. On page 194 of Schlosser's Fast Food Nation he clearly states, " Roughly 35 million pounds of ground beef.. was voluntarily recalled. By the time it was announced, about 25 million pounds of the ground beef had already been eaten". With such an obscene number like 25 million pounds of contaminated beef having already been eaten, one can only guess how many people were sickened by the very slow and unsuccessful recall that followed. Mothers unknowingly feeding their children infected hamburgers, fast food restaurants spewing hamburger after hamburger along with other beef products, it's disgusting. Being a fast food fanatic myself, I would be furious to know that there is a great possibility that I have eaten, or will eat tainted meat. There are people getting violently ill because of this very thing, and I blame the health officials who are doing such an inadequate job when they should be putting their consumers first.