Truck full of contaminated beef stolen in Texas, BEWARE roadside sales

[karlrschneider]

Truckload of possibly e-coli contaminated ground beef stolen in Fort Worth...could turn up for sale by side of road, in parking lots, etc.

http://www.kotv.com/news/topstory/?id=142248

[Xipe Totec]

1. Call me jaded, but

The first place I would check is American Fresh Foods meat lockers...

[karlrschneider]

3. Or the meat counter at Walmart...you might have something there

:eyes:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Who in their right mind would buy ground beef sold at some roadside stand

along with velvet paintings of Elvis and nekkid lady matadors? Or some guy opens his trenchcoat and shows you some packages of ground beef along with some fake Rolex watches? You HAVE to assume that shit will give you the most heinous imaginable combination of projectile vomiting and the Hershey-squirts.

[karlrschneider]

4. Well, I probably wouldn't but we used to buy fresh shrimp from roadside sellers

and around here it's often the best place to get affordable and fresh produce - so I can see the temptation.
edit: on the shrimp, I meant when we lived in Tampa ;-)

[Didereaux]

11. we get the shrimp right off the boats at the dock...

occasionally we'll stop by shrimpers pick up on the side of the road(they put them in large coolers on ice and sell for a discount, a little more than they get wholesale, but quite a bit less than retail. Also mexicans sell tamales that way(only hot), best damn tamales in the world too!

but beef, chicken, pork....nahhhhh!

[cali]

7. I buy ground beef at a little roadside stand

Of course beef is organic grass fed from a farm a few miles away. And all the produce sold there is organic as well.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Well, you know where it comes from

and there probably aren't any velvet Elvises, either.

[WinkyDink]

13. Poor people? Just a guess.

[flvegan]

5. Could wind up at the back door of anyone that sells/serves ground beef.

Gives "shitburger" a whole new meaning.

Bon appetit.

[havocmom]

12. worked with a woman who sometimes went on trips with her trucker husband

One time, hauling a load of ground beef, the refrigeration went out. Summer. There was an ALPO canning plant near by and it was suggested they try to unload the meat there in hurry.

The ALPO folks would not take it, even free. Well known hamburger chain local franchise king took it.

[libnnc]

6. we have guys that drive around in trucks here

selling "discount cuts" out of coolers.

Beware for sure. :puke:

[HysteryDiagnosis]

9. Any of it look sort of green as in "soylent green"? n/t

[Didereaux]

8. Hell, EVERYTHING here in big T seems to be contaminated and or stolen...no news there! heh

[BringEmOn]

14. ...or Halliburton is feeding it to the troops.