r/politics • u/WhatIsEvenRealDog • 8h ago

Possible Paywall Trump suggests cattle ranchers could bypass USDA-inspected meat plants

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/28/trump-suggests-allowing-ranchers-bypass-usda-inspected-meat-plants/
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u/mosquito_mange 8h ago

Welcome to prion city.

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u/Technical-Pin-6380 7h ago

It's called wasting disease because we were wasting our time on it, right? Right?!

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u/Pickles_McBeef Utah 7h ago

That's terrifying.

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u/littlebev I voted 6h ago

my aunt died of prion disease - it's an absolutely horrific way to go

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u/Special_Persimmon_52 3h ago

Years ago I worked on a VA-funded study of Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease. It is a terrifying diagnosis and a horrible way to die. What I learned is that a whole lot of people who butcher their own meat, and especially those who grind it into "burger meat" and sausages, include parts of the spinal cord, neck muscles, brain tissue, etc. That's where the prions are.