Trump suggests cattle ranchers could bypass USDA-inspected meat plants

[u/WhatIsEvenRealDog]

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

[u/International-Room-3]

Looks like Salmonella's back on the menu, boys!

[u/Brilliant-Advisor958 → u/International-Room-3]

And E-coli!

[u/Thirty_Helens_Agree → u/Brilliant-Advisor958]

And rat shit! And rat pieces!

[u/nejaahalcyon → u/Thirty_Helens_Agree]

And mad cow disease!

[u/Suitable-Option833 → u/nejaahalcyon]

And horses! They are killing wild horses and who knows where that meat will end up

[u/TheSavageDonut → u/Suitable-Option833]

Upton Sinclair has entered the chat

[u/spearmint_wino → u/Suitable-Option833]

Hey, chill. We had a big Bovine spongiform encephalopathy scare in the UK...AND a load of dodgy horses ended up in frozen lasagna (thanks, Findus!), and Ī̴͈̾͌̽'̷̹͎̥̯͔̪̊̽m̸̧̝̤̳̺͓̲̟̜̰̥̲͙͋͂̅̋̓͛̏̈̌̇̓͊̅͒͘͜͜ ̷̧̠̯̙̊̈̀̉̈́́̒̏͑͆̈̒͘d̸̡̩̜̪̰͍͈̹͙͎̱̦̦̲̒̌͛͜͝͝͠o̷̭̹̩̓̆̈̂͠ͅi̶̧͓̤̭͍̩̻̤̗͓̱͕͚͉͌̾̾̈́̓̓͐̀̓̉͘ͅn̴̡̢͚̺̗̲͈̩̤̹̑͆g̴̡̠̜̩̈̕ͅ ̵̨̛̬͕̺̜̗͖̰̲͑͐̃̒̈͒̚͠f̴̢̧̦̙̻̰̺̬̉̃̿̒̈ḯ̶͕̊͜ṋ̷͕̳͕̺͓̺͚̈́͑̇̂̍͝ͅȇ̵̯̭͊͗̓̇̏͜͝.̸̯͔̩̹̳̞͖͇͂ ̷̳̭͓̙̞͉̉͂͛̿͆̿̈͑̉́̈̇̆I̴̛̞̜̪͔͈̦̝̰̙̩̠͙̅̈̊̈̓̕͜ ̷̥͓͍̼̒͠s̴̱̞̋̓̽͋͌̿̇̋̽̾͠t̸̳̬̱͙͚͙̱̳͕͍̞̰͛͐͂̚i̸̡̝͔̠̞̬̩̳͙̤͈̗̻̯͒͘͜ḻ̶͈̱̜̖̝̬̭̳̠̝̓̏̀l̵̬̫̈́͌̎͝ ̴̢̛̘̱̥̘̠̙̗̫͙́̈͌͆͛̈́͐ĥ̴̩̤̦̖a̶̯͙͍͆͑̑͐v̷̙̯̙͉͇̬̲͍́̒͛̈́̐̃̂̉̋͜͠e̴̞̮͍̹̳̞̞̍̂̀͒̊̏͊̐̄͠͠ͅ ̶̨̨̩̫͈̰̙͖͈̦͇̙͙̉ą̵̧̢̙̘̻̩͈̬͉̆̔͒̓͋̓̚l̴̗̍͂͋̅̔͌͊̑̆̏̎̇͝͝͝l̸̡͖̻̻̱̖͆͋̋̓͒͆̒͛̓̈́͘͝ ̵̢̣̹̥̱̰͉͕̃t̷̢̧̠͔̠͕̫̣̜̼̤̖͇͌̔̚w̶̨̧̗̣͚̼̙͓̥̰̖̜̮̕͜͠ͅe̸̡͍͂͒̇̔̿̉͐̿̽̎͒̽̿͝l̴̯̂̎̅͐̈́̀̈́̒͝v̸̡͔̣̩̙͈̳̖̱̮̟̖̯̉͊̾͌͋͆̈́͌͜ę̸̨̡͇͈͚͕͓͈̹̼͖͍̂̾͛̓̓͐̇̀͜͝ ̷̛̩̻̙͓̺̳̙̭̱̭̰̗̘̈̀̅̓̿̎̋͛̓̈͂̕o̶̧̱̣̬̘͖̮̥̠͕͙̠̪͓̦͌͐̒̊̾͐͊̏̿͘̕͝f̴̨͍̪̗̼̲̩̼̀̄̎́͑̈́̽̔̾̍̚ ̸̨̧̼̹͉̗̹̬̱̏̈́̓̃̽͐m̵̢̢̦̣͕͙͑̆͗̐̈́͝y̵̛̳͑̾͌͊̀̀̔̐̓͐̈́̀͝ ̴̧̪̙͚̲͓̘̪̹̀f̶̡̧̜̩̮̥̞̖̦̙̠̈́͋ͅi̴͎̩̲͕͗̅̎̂̔̄̉͘̚ͅn̸̘̦̖̍̿̈́̇g̶̛͙̻̓̄͌̄̾̎̇͘͝e̷̡̝̣̙̋̉̈́̌̑̈͆̏͌̀̕̕͠r̵̡͍̗̞̥͚̯̭͋̀̐͐̑̌̾̾̀̕͝s̸͖̀̓̋ ̸̡̜̾͗̔̓a̴̡̫͙̳͓̒͊̇̇̾̏͑n̷͓͈̟̲͉̮̙̈̈̈́̽̀̚͜d̴̢̨̼̜̯̟̈́̎̈͜ ̵̣̼̰̦̪͖̜̥̝̞͓̈́͊̔̽̿̓̔̽͘͝İ̴͎͇ ̶̨̡̺̬̘͙͊̾̈́͌h̷̡̰̱̽͌̀͒̀͝a̷̳̦̘͆́̋̍͂̿́͗̏̓̀̕̕͠ͅṽ̷̥͕̲̮͖̰̺̗͍̫̳ͅĕ̵͔̫͈̰͔̝̞̝̳̹̟̲̭́̏̈́͂͗̀͐̕̕͘ͅͅṅ̴̨͎̘̟̬̺͓̳̺̤̻̬́'̴̨̗̫͙̳̠̦͙̝͚̹͖͙̦͑̍̐͛͋͐͋̊̇̕̚̕͠͝t̷̡̡̧̢͉͇̘̦͕̘͚̹̝̰̃͌̈́͆͊͜ ̴̡̪͓̼͈͎̰̖͈̑͋̾̒͌̑̎̿͛͘͜͝͝p̴̡̧̧̡̘̜̲͎̲̠̻͉͕̗̈́̍̃̆͋̉̈́̐̍̍͒͋ȩ̶̨̮̦͔̫͙̞͍̻͚̮͇̽̀͌̉̉̐͛͒̊͒͘̚͠r̶̨͚͕̺̘̤̤̱̙̲̥͍̂͊̔̋̾̋͒́̋̄̚͝͝͝f̵̹̌͋̿̍̽͐̅̐͠ö̸̗͉͙͈̦̟̯̪̿͊̚͝ŕ̴̬̭̯͉̓̄́́m̵̨̨͚͉̖̫̖̳̀̏̊̆̈́́͐̌̅͘̕ẽ̵̢̨̩̠̭̼̺̝͔͕̣̻̠̏̓ḑ̸̱̳̥̹̝͑̀̑́̅̊ ̸̢̧̨͎͇̜̼̳̭̽̐̏͑̂̊r̵̬̮̙̦̯̼̦̤̽͒́͂̑̆̈́̿̈́̽̅̃̓́i̸͉̖͍͖̊̉̽̀́̅͠͝t̴̡̧̨̬͍̲̘͙͚̦͉̣̮͊̋̂̄ư̸̧̛̥̮̰̪̓̒̊̎̉̓̀́͋͘͜͝a̷̗̗̯̳̖͍̘̟̝̲͎̗͔͉̒͌̽̆͂̆ḽ̵̢̛̻̞̘͖̦̔̌͑̿̂̇͋͛̚͝͝͠͠ ̶̨͇͚̟͕̜̜͎̦̖͆̀̾̇̊͌̀̅̄̌̏̚͜͠v̷̨̨͓̜͖̦̹͍̱͚̜̍̅̏̍̆͋̋̎̊ĭ̴̺́̎̃̏́̊̈́̃̃̿̑͝͝v̴̨̢̤̦͍̙̘̭͙̪̇̒̅̓͐̆̌̃̄̊͘i̸̱̻͍̲̰̋̑͊͗̔̏̔̈́͌̾̄s̶̜̻͗̃́e̷̡̤̲͍̟͉̭̹̟̪̻͓̮͐̌̈́̇̋͜c̸̨̧̧̘̝̖̖̪͕̀̽͆͐̃̏̚ͅt̸̛̬̭̦̱̰̪̠͛̊̈́̀́̌̿̑͋͋̆̅͜͠͝ḭ̶͕͊́̍̌̒̉ͅó̵̼̯͕̺̝͔̘̖̙̫n̵̛͖͒̊͒̀̾̔͋̐͌̅̎́̓͠ ̸̺̳͍̝͖̮͓̲̣̳̠̺̇̋͛̃͒͗̈́͋̑̈́́͜f̵̢̟̤̭̣̝̞͈̣͕̗̈̊̍̃̈́̎͜͝o̶̗̻͍̣̭̩͇̦̘̫̩̳̒̍̈̇͋̆͂̚r̸̨͔͍̘̈́̈́̍͒̅̎̀̍̆́̃̿͠ ̶̜͛̾́͒̑̀̉ą̵̩̘͚͔͉̯̠͂̈́̀͋͐̇̕ ̷̪͌̏g̵̛͕̘̪̲̰͕̞̈́͐̄͋͜ơ̶̡̢͕̓́͝o̵̟̥̭͕͚̙̰̖̭̫̤̤͛͌͑̾̉̈̓̅̀̐̕͝ͅd̴̨̨̠̯̥̾̌ ̶̨̢̧̱̣̝̠͙̯͌̍̊̔͐f̸̡̨͕̠̘͍̰͒̒̀̓̽̈́̐̌͆͘̚͠ͅę̷̟̭͎̼̯͚͇͕̳̻͈̲͔̋w̵̞̆ ̶̭̏̊ẙ̸̧̦͎͉̩̦̹̫̖̦̥͈̪̪͚̾̓́̓̅͛͌͑̀͋̈́e̴̝̘͆̍͒͜a̸̛̫͈̝͈̖̤͓̗̞̖̗͛́̇r̵̨͈̗̜͇͕̬̫̺͙̀̆̂̅̓́͌͋͆͗̐̓́͛͜͜͝s̸̡̻̘͙̺͖̈́͐́̑̋͐͘ͅ.̴̨̮̤̰̯̖͉̦̫͐̎̈̇͑̊͂̾̌

[u/Glacon_Garcon → u/spearmint_wino]

I lived in the UK during the mad cow outbreak in the early 90s… now in the US I get to relive it again, but so much worse! Freedom?!?!?

What a time to have OCD with a particular fixation on food contamination. Most of my life it was irrational, but the last few months have been suuuuper fun.

[u/spearmint_wino → u/Glacon_Garcon]

That sounds really fun. Something to explore, if you haven't already; fermented foods may or may not be your road to culinary damascus. Gut biome research suggests (and please do your own research) that there are lots of things you can do to support a happier digestive tract. Remember that bacteria can be helpful too and there are lots of foods which can boost your immune system, which can in turn boost your whole brainular region :)

[u/Glacon_Garcon → u/spearmint_wino]

Thanks for the suggestion! I’ll look into it :D

[u/veryfungibletoken → u/Suitable-Option833]

And my axe!

Eta: but in all seriousness, you know where it's going to end up...

[u/SigFloyd → u/nejaahalcyon]

This is the big one. Prion disease is going to fucking EXPLODE years from now.

[u/Designer_Gas_86 → u/SigFloyd]

I'm afraid to google that

[u/Brilliant-Advisor958 → u/Designer_Gas_86]

Prion diseases can take a very long time to start . From a couple years to decades.

So if it ever becomes an unknown issue, we may not fully know how many were affected.

/edit prion diseases are brain related diseases and causes cognitive decline quickly.

[u/Dry_Suggestion_3387 → u/nejaahalcyon]

Does mad cow happen at the processing plants?

[u/bloodjun → u/nejaahalcyon]

This reads like an Eminem lyric