Quote:
Originally Posted by TLC  TJ and Roxy LOVE this chicken jerky, but with everything going on lately, I thought - maybe there's something not right about that stuff too!
My heart and mind is racing. I really hope that I haven't been hurting TJ and Roxy this whole time! They have been eating it for a while now! I have stock piled about 5 bags...OMG - They are being returned to Costco ASAP! http://forums.ebay.com/db1/thread.js...463956&start=0
This stuff is NO GOOD!!!!!  |
Before panicking about irradation of the chicken jerky, you might want to look at the foods you eat -- there is a whole lot of irradation used in human foods. This according to the FDA: "
The Food and Drug Administration has approved irradiation of meat and poultry and allows its use for a variety of other foods, including fresh fruits and vegetables, and spices. The agency determined that the process is safe and effective in decreasing or eliminating harmful bacteria. Irradiation also reduces spoilage bacteria, insects and parasites, and in certain fruits and vegetables it inhibits sprouting and delays ripening. For example, irradiated strawberries stay unspoiled up to three weeks, versus three to five days for untreated berries.
Food irradiation is allowed in nearly 40 countries and is endorsed by the World Health Organization, the American Medical Association and many other organizations.
Irradiation does not make foods radioactive, just as an airport luggage scanner does not make luggage radioactive. Nor does it cause harmful chemical changes. The process may cause a small loss of nutrients but no more so than with other processing methods such as cooking, canning, or heat pasteurization. Federal rules require irradiated foods to be labeled as such to distinguish them from non-irradiated foods. "
There is some controversy about whether this is a good idea or not -- but the process is being used on human foods as well as that chicken jerky.