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RFID Tags to Track Your Food
Angry_Admin writes "According to the article at IT World Canada, 'Recent food security scares have triggered public outcries and intense concern. People want to know exactly what is in their food, and what is done to it by whom. In response, Canada and many other countries are introducing traceability requirements - records that track all links in the food supply chain, from farmers to processors to retailers to consumers. The Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada agency recently released a policy framework, stating the goal is to make 80 per cent of all food products traceable by 2008.'"
Why is my Big Mac linking back to a horse farm??
be kinda hard to chew?
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Enter the latitude/longitude from the RFID into your GPS and go beat the crap out of the cow that produced the milk yourself!
"Waiter, my salad apparently passed through 3 Mile Island, may I have another?"
"Certainly, Madame. Please allow me to light your candle as an alternate light source."
"Waiter, why did my hamburger pass through Mecca?"
"To go on Hajj. It was a very devout cow."
"Waiter, why was my pork chop processed in L.A.?"
"Suffice it to say, monsieur, that many applicants for the part of 'Babe the Pig' did not get cast."
"Manager, why does the General Tso's chicken say that it passed through Daytona Beach?"
"Well, it wanted to get some Spring Break...er...nevermind."
"make sure you're keeping track of the nearest available rest rooms!
When in Australia, you need to check this out: http://www.toiletmap.gov.au/
Speak for yourself, banana boy! :)
Great, now that we know where our food has been no one will ever go out to a restaurant again. There are some things in life that's best kept a mystery, like why you can never replicate that taste at home in your kitchen.
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Here's a food tip for you: In a pinch, you can use your tinfoil hat as a makeshift saucepan.
You know what? I like the cruelty of meat production. It's my belief that the terror a cow goes through before a cruel death in a slaughterhouse releases hormones that make the beef more tender and delicious.
People by and large don't care and won't go vegan, which is why the movement is a minority and always will be. Sorry, but by all means keep pretending that trying makes a difference!
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