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Re: USDA recalls 30k pounds of Argentine beef sold in Texas and Florida

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Post by Loudergood » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 4:55 AM UTC

testdelacc1 wrote: post #19

inigyou wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Of all the many things he did, I argue that this is the stupidest, most pointless and damaging thing he did. There was no upside to doing it. He went out of his way to destroy a program that had been running successfully out of sheer stupidity. He mainly hurt his voters (cattle farmers in rural areas), not democrats. It hurt him on the biggest issue he ran on - inflation. It was a massive unforced error that he’s bee…

Doge was full of these, just in areas that you don't understand.

Re: USDA recalls 30k pounds of Argentine beef sold in Texas and Florida

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Post by cosmicgadget » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 4:58 AM UTC

Animats wrote: post #12

That's only about 50 cows. This isn't a big recall. Total slaughter of cows in Texas is about 1.8 million head per year.

You can get 30k pounds of beef from 50 cows?

Re: USDA recalls 30k pounds of Argentine beef sold in Texas and Florida

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Post by abstractbeliefs » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 5:03 AM UTC

cosmicgadget wrote: post #22

Animats wrote: post #12

That's only about 50 cows. This isn't a big recall. Total slaughter of cows in Texas is about 1.8 million head per year.

You can get 30k pounds of beef from 50 cows?

30,000 split 50 ways is 800lbs per cow (270kg), seems not unrealistic.

Even if you halve the yield to 400lbs then it's only 100 cows

Re: USDA recalls 30k pounds of Argentine beef sold in Texas and Florida

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Post by blooalien » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 5:04 AM UTC

cosmicgadget wrote: post #22

Animats wrote: post #12

That's only about 50 cows. This isn't a big recall. Total slaughter of cows in Texas is about 1.8 million head per year.

You can get 30k pounds of beef from 50 cows?

> You can get 30k pounds of beef from 50 cows?

This article [1] says you get about 500-ish pounds of beef from one cow, so 25,000-ish pounds from 50 cows? They weren't massively far off the mark there.

[1]: https://cattledaily.com/how-much-meat-do-you-get-from-one-co...

Re: USDA recalls 30k pounds of Argentine beef sold in Texas and Florida

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Post by mikestorrent » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 5:10 AM UTC

inigyou wrote: post #14

buildsjets wrote: post #6

Well, at least we can all enjoy a healthy salad instead.

Uh, about that...

If people would stop putting lettuce in Greek salads we'd be FINE

Re: USDA recalls 30k pounds of Argentine beef sold in Texas and Florida

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Post by conception » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 5:12 AM UTC

Reason077 wrote: post #13

frogperson wrote: post #7

can this administration just do a single thing that isn't evil and self serving? it bogles my mind that every single thing they do is just awful.

What makes you think this is “evil and self-serving”? It affects a relatively small quantity of specific products from a specific supplier with specific use-by dates. In any case, this is Argentinian beef, not Canadian or something. Isn’t the US administration pretty friendly with the right-wing populist Argentinian government?

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-polit...

Re: USDA recalls 30k pounds of Argentine beef sold in Texas and Florida

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Post by King-Aaron » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 5:17 AM UTC

Just remember that a big part of project 2025 was to reduce oversight in the food industry to disrupt trust in the system.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/project-2025-plan...

Re: USDA recalls 30k pounds of Argentine beef sold in Texas and Florida

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Post by 0xbadcafebee » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 5:17 AM UTC

Reason077 wrote: post #13

frogperson wrote: post #7

can this administration just do a single thing that isn't evil and self serving? it bogles my mind that every single thing they do is just awful.

What makes you think this is “evil and self-serving”? It affects a relatively small quantity of specific products from a specific supplier with specific use-by dates. In any case, this is Argentinian beef, not Canadian or something. Isn’t the US administration pretty friendly with the right-wing populist Argentinian government?

Trump promoted the sale of the beef at a discount a week ago on Truth Social, and now the beef is recalled. Clearly it was bad beef, and he and his cronies made a mint fire-selling it, while American businesses take a loss. Pretty basic corruption.

Re: USDA recalls 30k pounds of Argentine beef sold in Texas and Florida

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Post by boolol » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 5:24 AM UTC

add-sub-mul-div wrote: post #11

guywithahat wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Our grandkids just aren't going to believe what it was like You mean reading about beef recalls? Yeah they'll be shocked

Which interpretation of your comment do you think makes you look better: that you're pretending not to understand the point being made, or that you truly don't understand the point being made?

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Re: USDA recalls 30k pounds of Argentine beef sold in Texas and Florida

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Post by Scoundreller » Fri, Aug 28, 2026, 5:24 AM UTC

King-Aaron wrote: post #27

Just remember that a big part of project 2025 was to reduce oversight in the food industry to disrupt trust in the system. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/project-2025-plan...

big GLP-1 has gone a bit too far