• Skanky@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Then you’ll be happy to know that - for the most part - the vast majority of food manufacturers are trying to provide a quality product at the price point they’re targeting. Meaning… You get what you pay for.

    It’s extremely rare to find an absolutely nasty factory out there. They do exist, but the norm is perfectly fine.

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        21 hours ago

        I have to concede that my experience is entirely a way-too-small sampling of the entire industry, so it’s entirely possible you are right here. However, in my experience, the factories that I’ve been to (granted, not ALL of them) have been incredibly clean and well-maintained and follow very strict guidelines for making sure their product is safe. Obviously, the consequences of delivering a product that is not safe are quite dire (noting the Boar’s Head example and the recent ByHeart recall).

        On that note, I never visited the Boar’s Head facility, but one of our customer service reps did and they said it was downright nasty. No wonder they got infected.

        By the way, listeria contamination is probably the WORST thing that happen to a food-producing factory. This bacteria is incredibly dangerous and very, very hard to get rid of once detected. I’ve known factories that decided to relocate rather than try to deal with an outbreak.

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        2 days ago

        Yes the conservatives are clearly just scapegoats and didn’t earn the reputation as the default reason for a bad thing happening by spending decades ruining literally fucking everything