Meat lovers in Texas

could be in big time trouble

to the best of my knowledge there are no state inspected plants in Texas but we still have them here in Oklahoma.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/a...E1_CUTLIN26631

http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/msa/meatinsp.shtm

could be in big time trouble

to the best of my knowledge there are no state inspected plants in Texas but we still have them here in Oklahoma.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/a...E1_CUTLIN26631 Originally Posted by cptjohnstone

The article says:

"Plants are now allowed to process meat without inspectors."

Is that a typo? Should it be "not" instead of "now"?

http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/msa/meatinsp.shtm Originally Posted by CJ7

This is about Texas state meat inspections. What does this help with the federal problem?

The original article was about USDA cutbacks and furloughed inspectors.

This is about Texas state meat inspections. What does this help with the federal problem?

The original article was about USDA cutbacks and furloughed inspectors. Originally Posted by ExNYer

maybe my imagination read TEXAS in the thread tite

maybe my imagination read TEXAS in the thread tite Originally Posted by CJ7

It does, but that's the OP's choice of words. It's not indicative of what the article is about - which is a nationwide issue, not just Texas.

So, if the USDA furloughs inspectors due to sequestration, what happens then? I don't see where the link you provided affects anything.

Assuming that's not a typo that I noted in my post above, do all of the meat producers have to shut down because the federal government essentially shut part of itself down?

It does, but that's the OP's choice of words. It's not indicative of what the article is about - which is a nationwide issue, not just Texas.

So, if the USDA furloughs inspectors due to sequestration, what happens then? I don't see where the link you provided affects anything.

Assuming that's not a typo that I noted in my post above, do all of the meat producers have to shut down because the federal government essentially shut part of itself down? Originally Posted by ExNYer

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations...rams/index.asp


all the sequester BS is just that, BS. As soon as the politicians get busy dealing with the ever persent debt cieling that has to be passed in 2 months, all of these so called cuts will be put back in place ... no inspected meat? surely your arent stupid enough to fall fr that BS ... or are you?

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations...rams/index.asp

all the sequester BS is just that, BS. As soon as the politicians get busy dealing with the ever persent debt cieling that has to be passed in 2 months, all of these so called cuts will be put back in place ... no inspected meat? surely your arent stupid enough to fall fr that BS ... or are you? Originally Posted by CJ7

If the two sides are playing chicken, who knows what will happen?

If they are willing to take the political hit from defense worker layoffs in order to make the other side look unreasonable, why not let meat plants get shut down for a few days?

look on the bright side, maybe you'll get to eat a horse... LMAO.


11 furlough days, scheduled from July to Sept. 20, will be for no more than one day a week and no more than two days per pay period.
FSIS has decided the fairest plan for the nation’s meat industry is a uniform national schedule.
FSIS will likely take a total cut of $52.8 million or 5 percent of its budget.
Furloughs will be required of all 9,212 employees of the FSIS, including 8,136 meat inspectors and others on the front line such as lab technicians
Hagen said USDA’s lawyers found no alternative for the furlough plan once they examined both the statutes for meat inspection and the sequester. In response to a question from Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA), Hagen denied reports that USDA had been instructed to make the cuts “as painful as possible.”
Meat inspectors have remained on the job during past government shutdowns. Hagen said the sequester is different because Congress has no plans to come up with the money represented by the furlough days.

http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/msa/meatinsp.shtm Originally Posted by CJ7

there maybe an inspection but I cannot a list of those state plants

I hear there are a few "meat inspectors" in Houston.
At least one in Kansas and the weird one in Chicago.

Rumor has it... they frequent this joint.

I hear there are a few "meat inspectors" in Houston.
At least one in Kansas and the weird one in Chicago.

Rumor has it... they frequent this joint. Originally Posted by UB9IB6

LMAO!

Oklahoma ... Where the buffalo wings are from buffaloes!

Everytime I'm in Austin (E San Francisco) I see lots of meat inspectors walking around downtown.

Yeah, there's about 100,000 or so who just came in for the week...

Sux to be in Americas hippest city.

Eat your fucking hearts out Boys!

Yeah, there's about 100,000 or so who just came in for the week...

Sux to be in Americas hippest city. Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

Portland, OR?

If you follow such things, all the "really hip" insiders say that Portland XOXO is now the hip music scene. SXSW has supposedly jumped the shark and gone all corporate. You know you are fucked when Kanye West shows up and has a concert that pulls all the crowds out of the 6th Street bars where the indies are playing.

Of course, in another 20 years, Portland XOXO will have jumped the shark and everyone who's everyone will be going to ... who knows where?