Dun Dun duh! The title says it all, the massive beef recall that has kept most Albertans from eating beef for a few weeks is starting to get to people. The blog post, "My adventure with Alberta beef that might, or might not, be tainted with E. coli" by David Hedley of the Calgary Herald talks about what different people are doing during this beef lockout. The general public is being told to return any beef products purchased in the past month until now, and to make sure none is consumed. This is been a problem for many Albertans that incorporate beef into their everyday meals, it has left some "...growing numb after almost three weeks of warnings..." In his blog, David Hedley went to Facebook and Twitter to see what others had to say he came up with a few different responses.
David later goes on to talk about finding out if his beef has even been contaminated, do we stop eating it all together or just whats on the list provided by the Canadian food services. He admits he's no expert, he has no inside information, in fact he took to the internet to go more in depth about this issue. Something anybody could do, but the reason this blog stood out to me is that he's just a regular old guy that just wants to have some good ole fashion Alberta beef. We as a community in Calgary can all relate to this blog and voice our opinion. Some people have gotten sick, some continue to eat the beef, while others have completely cut it out of their diets.
The reason I like blogs like these are that they are written by real people that do the same things we all do, like decide whether or not to take the chance of grilling up a few beef steaks in this time of uncertainty. The blog isn't intended to persuade anybody toward taking a certain stance on the situation, it is more so to inform people and give them a chance to see what others are doing. As of right now the XL Foods plant in Brooks, AB is shut down as this is where the bad beef is coming from. So as of right now we just sit and wait, eat a few carrots while we're at it...
Nav,
ReplyDeleteYour blog post caught my eye right away because the beef recall is a very popular issue as of lately, and it seems to be all everyone is talking about. I like how you mentioned that you liked the blog because it "doesn't intend to persuade anybody". I like this aspect too and its nice to see both opinions of the whole issue outlined by different people. Nothing annoys me more than when you read a post and it is either entirely negative or over the top positive about a certain topic. I also liked that you started your post with duh duh duh, made me get a feel of how you felt reading the article.
Hey Nav.
ReplyDeleteAs someone who works in customer service in a grocery store, I cant tell you how I wish this whole beef recalling thing would just go away. Unfortunately its not. I red the original blog post you linked. I thought the poll was pretty interesting. The majority of people who participated in it seemed to be geared towards either boycotting beef from their diet until the whole thing blows over, or just being a little more selective in the places they purchase beef from. I think its good to see that a good amount people are still buying beef (Great for our economy), despite its recent controversies.
Nav, Great post.
ReplyDelete2012 has been a tough year for ground beef. First there was the pink slime scandal and now an E. coli outbreak has shut down Alberta's beef exports to the U.S.. Our elected members of Parliament are shouting at each other about the health and safety standards in our food processing plants. This is a very politically charged subject. All I can really say is that I hope that people will spend more time thinking about where their food is coming from. The way our infrastructure is set up, if everyone in Alberta stopped eating beef tomorrow then the entire town of Brooks might go under and a lot of people could lose their jobs.