I Could Just Scream!

I read this news item today.

Perdue Farms is recalling about 91,872 pounds of frozen chicken nugget products that may contain foreign materials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said.  The recalled products were 1-pound, 13-ounce bags, labeled “GREAT VALUE Fully Cooked Chicken Nuggets.” Each package features the code “P-33944,” as well as a case code of “89008 A0160.” There is also a “BEST IF USED BY” date of June 9, 2011. Each case contains 8 bags and the frozen chicken nugget products were produced on June 9, 2010, and were shipped to a single retail store chain nationwide. The company discovered small pieces of blue plastic after receiving consumer complaints. There have been no reports of injury.

What?!  Are you kidding me?!  How do you define "injury?!"  There were many who were injured along the way to this recall.  What about the tremendous waste of labor, water, energy, and plant life that went into growing feed for the CAFO where Perdue most definitely raised the chickens?  What about the labor, energy, water, and feed that it took to raise the 91,872 pounds of chicken?  What about the air and water pollution from the CAFO?  What about the labor and energy it took to collect and transport the chickens to the packer?  What about the labor, energy, and water -- not to mention waste -- that was generated in the plant to make frozen "great value" cooked chicken nuggets.  What about the energy and labor that was wasted to transport CAFO chicken nuggets to the supermarket distribution center to then be transported to each store? What about the labor and energy it took to stock and then hold the chicken nuggets to temperature?  What about the energy it took to have thousands of people go to the store to pick up the shitty nuggets and take them home and then cook them -- if they did not find blue plastic bits in the bag?!

Are you f-ing kidding me?  Nobody was injured?  We are a truly stupid society and we have to educate ourselves and our students about ending the waste that exists in the "modern day" economic model that are foodservice industry is based upon.  The amount of waste that took place to throw away 91,872 pounds of frozen chicken nugget products -- whatever the hell "products" means is shameful because we as a society were injured due to this collosal f-up.