10-13-2015, 03:40 PM
(10-13-2015, 03:31 PM)Rotobeast Wrote: I can tell you that our quality control is pretty epic.
We throw away probably 3-4000 lbs of product per day, just for falling on the floor.
It goes out to be used for soap and the like.
I don't even think it gets used for dog food.
And since it will get asked, I work for Oscar Mayer and my plant makes around 96% of all the companies bacon.
QC/QA on bacon is different than it is for sausages (and sausage like products) though. Even the stuff that is 100% allowable in a lot of mass produced sausage is questionable, IMO.
If I had my druthers, though, I'd probably raise a few pigs of my own. From sow to skillet.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
