re: What industry “secret” do you know that most people don’t?

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What? All food is highly regulated, some more than others.

Meat processors are inspected every single shift by the USDA FSIS. Yes, every single shift, so that means every day or twice a day if you’re running 2 shifts.

All other food falls under FDA, which generally only inspects once a year.

Processors are required to have SOPs, SSOPs, HACCP plans, foreign material policies, etc.

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I’m acutely aware of how food manufacturing is supposed to be. I am a quality manager in food manufacturing and have been for a decade.

I’m telling you that not everything in the store follows those processes. And I’m not talking about little mom and pop stores either. I’m talking Wal-mart, Albertsons, Kroger, etc.

You don’t believe me?

Here’s an example triggered by one of my USDA inspectors while he was grocery shopping and didn’t see the USDA bug

LINK

These types of recalls of unregulated food products getting caught happens every few weeks. And then a new one springs up to take its place. Grocers just sell the product. They do not vet their regulatory compliance

Here is another that I personally triggered started 2 years ago:



The company was manufacturing under a faked USDA stamp that when called out on it they were able to continue selling the product as long as they covered the label.

Why? They were direct to retail, which is where USDA’s teeth is dramatically lessened. By comparison, I had to destroy product produced in a USDA facility just because it wasn’t done in the correct time of the day.

Oh, which leads me to another thing: it is pretty much only food manufacturers that are heavy regulated in terms of expectations. Processors like delis in grocery stores are no where near working at that level. And even then, there are a lot of programs that’s on paper but really not followed.

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All other food falls under FDA, which generally only inspects once a year.

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I’ve been in places where it’s was over 5 years between inspections, and it was a joke one day thing. In and out with cursory looking at paperwork. A far cry from the annual 4 day GFSI audit we had to do which isn’t a regulatory requirement (though it fulfills many of them) but rather a customer requirement.



So how is that for an industry “secret?”

A little more unexpected than the guy talking about movie theaters making most of their money by concessions as if that didn’t “come out” decades ago.

That throwing money at education and expecting improvement is a sham - it's a culture problem.

You really want to improve education? End entitlements and dramatically increase penalties for criminal offenses. Might take a few generations, but education would eventually be valued by today's zeroes.

The main wear variable in dozer undercarriage life that the owner controls is track tension. Having tracks adjusted too tight will lessen link assembly, sprocket, bushing, and idler wear life by up to 30%. It’s also the leading cause of dry joints in the link assemblies.

Also, the link assembly bushings as well as the sprockets wear at almost double the rate in reverse as when going forward.

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The products subject to recall do not bear the USDA mark of inspection because Wild Cajun Meals, LLC is not a federally inspected establishment. These items were shipped to retail locations in Louisiana, and Texas.

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Ouch. Bunch of shady shite in our 'food' system.

If "non-profit" medical centers and clinics would correctly perform medical necessity they could cut their expenses, including payroll, by 20-25%. But since they are "non-profit" (which is BS) the government allows them to perform medical necessity incorrectly.

There was a study some years ago. A bunch of wine aficionados, snobs and sommeliers. When blindfolded, they couldn’t tell the difference between a real “good” expensive bottle of wine and screw top Kendal Jackson type crap you get at the grocery store. It’s all bs. I wanna punch the glass sniffers in the face when I see that crap.

Soylent Green is made of people.

It's people!

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cheap vodka into top shelf vodka

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This was confirmed by Mythbusters.

Vodka isn't supposed to taste like anything. Russian Standard Platinum (about $20 a 1/5) is one of the cleanest I've ever tasted. It can make a difference whether it is make out of potato, corn or wheat, in how it hits you.

But Deep Eddy is on my never buy list. I can't pour that crap through my Brita, or it will make my iced tea adults only.

Not really an industry secret, but kinda goes with the theme.

Always cook your hamburgers well done. Too many opportunities for bacterial contamination. Eat a steak as raw as you like.