Food Safety: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) 

The Entirety of History Tonight, with John Oliver.

John inspires me.. My parents said if i get 60K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally Begging...

lmao

John Oliver and his fans are NAMBLAphiles

Oh they act alright, the GOP acts against it.

It's kind of nauseating how many government problems are due to Congress being paid by companies and trade groups to refuse to pay for regulations.

Welcome to America since at least the Reagan administration of corporate whore criminals

I mean, for one half of Congress that's the entire point. They run for office claiming that government doesn't work, and then destroy it to prove their alleged point.

We can't afford anything that we are doing. I know it's hard for leftists to understand, but when you are in massive debt, the last thing you should be trying to do is spend even more money.

​@@remyllebeau77then can we cut military spending, close down a bunch of nuclear missile silos, reduce the number of military bases, raise taxes on the rich, and close tax loopholes? Because we can't just cut social programs. Besides, a unified food regulator could be partially funded through fines.

The amount of management that works through sickness cause they think it's a sign of toughness... like we can't do without them and totally love catching whatever they brought to work. Hell even when I follow company policy and call out when vomitting, I'm made to feel like it's a moral failing and like I should expose everybody else to my bodily fluids. I'm a cashier who interacts with hundreds of people face to face and touches money 🤢... Why has our society decided the onus is always on us who have the least power or control and are just trying to pay our bills and not get fired.

When I buy loose apples or other fruit I now inspect its entire surface. Twice I’ve found child sized bites taken out of fruit. The parent either is not watching their kid, or not paying attention & just takes the fruit from the kid & puts it back in the bin. And I only take bagged grapes & cherries from the back of the highest shelf, where grubby hands of children can’t reach.

@@broddr Ugh! I've never thought about the kids' grubby hands issue. But I'm taking it to heart and to the store. Thanks.

​@@broddrI choose cherries and grapes from several different bags at the back.

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"You have kids, John....... Why didn't that add weight to the decision?"

Is it the same for pharma? Because where I've worked (in Sweden) FDA inspections have always been a big deal because of how strict they are and the scope of their inspections. Now they've stopped doing their own inspections though and take Läkemedelsverkets (Swedens regulatory unit) word for GMP compliance. Läkemedelsverket have always been a big deal too though so I wouldn't interpret that as going "easy" on us, just freeing up resources.

You are confusing the drug division with food and most of what you say is absolutely wrong for the food division which is paid for by the government unlike drugs which charges the manufacturer's they are allowed to regulate fees. You are 100% in regards to this story! 100% Sellers are required to allow samples only. That is all the do. They do not even pay to ship them. You should shut up since you are 100% ignorant about the truth.

No surprise that widespread issues in an industry are caused by none other than the greedy owners of the businesses in those sectors.

Yeah, but wouldn't that upset stockholders? They're vastly more important than consumers /s

It is slightly worse for pharma, as they have been in a mode where the company seeking approval pays for the cost of such approval for some time in the US. Aside from the anti-regulation political appointees that often lead the administration, the problem with the FDA growing weaker in the US is that they are moving (via the MDSAP system you mentioned using NB audits directly) and obtaining their funding more along the lines of how the NB system has always worked. Industry capture of regulators happened from the outset in the EU with the notified body/company funded approach, which is why FDA inspections historically seemed more serious (my role has been been front seat management rep for audits, and have covered 100s of NB and FDA inspections both in the US and EU/Asia as well as participation in multiple working groups related to CDMCAS and MDSAP integration intending to further unify the MDR, CMDR with 21 CFR 820). What I was mainly getting at is that whenever the people allow their regulators funding to be determined by the corps they are regulating, the best interest of the people aren't always served.@@Kaoskadosk

Mini web episode perhaps?

Hell, I can imagine them making a series out of it if they wanted, and I'd 100% be down for ALL of it! I'm seeing the condiments as some kinda Real Housewives in a The Office/Parks N Rec. Style setting, maybe animation so we could get maximum John for our buck, but knowing his love of mascots I think he'd rather they go that route. Whatever, I'd watch all of it and buy the t-shirt, novelty bibs/aprons and a plushie of my favourite character(s)! 🤩

I'd happily watch John do a hour long segment on chalk lol. So yeah G-Unit I feel ya buddy. 😊

then we find out theyve been funding illegal child labour/neo-nazis/dr doom

I just wanna hear him say “fucked up mustards” again

John Oliver see's the Israeli retaliation as a war crime, but mentions nothing about Hamas ripping the heads of Israeli babies. TIL John Oliver is an anti-semite.

Because unregulated capitalism.

@@JeanieDquarterly profits are seen as more important than long term profits.

I disagree, except for almost". Google Ford Pinto.

What I wonder: can the US be progressive?

The man needs to work this exact phrase into as many shows as possible with the faintest of winks and absolutely no indication that it's a running gag 😂

So what food is Congress and their families eating?

The entire segment on the Association of Dressings and Sauces I was thinking of that pink monstrosity 😂

She's also had a running docket of people getting sick from her product too, so it tracks.

🍇 I member' lol.

It looked like Pepto-Bismol….are we sure it wasn’t a drug?

Murica

Thank you for that. I hope I'm getting my meat from such a diligent packer. Thank you.

Same for the drugs section of the FDA. They food section is quite limited except when it comes to imported food. If it fails it gets rejected. It is more random with domestic food due to the lack of resources as the story points out.

I enjoy your name

But they only inspect us once a week and usually only check 2 or 3 machines out of over 100. If you find something on them 3 then yes we know the rest of the machines dirty too. We rarely get put on hold.

That's good.

It is the same at their internal labs except they can not hire anyone right now.

That’s awful! They need to pay more, ensure they’re giving great benefits and vacation time, and recruit at some of the top science colleges.

I'm sure it is, themim6699. I'm sure Republicans and the corporations linked to commercial farming are very proud of their legislators they pay to get elected so they can do the corporations favors by cutting spending through de-regulation of banking, real estate, and tons of others including food, drugs and farming. They can either weaken the rules for the corporations, or, in this case among many others, strip the inspectors budgets until there is no one left to build cases or enforce the rules.

because it is basically water

​@@ojagodzinskiand ecoli

I was about to say 😂🤣🤣🤣

Lettuces are tough cookies. They outlasted a PM not long ago...

if it still tastes alright maybe they shld start disinfecting it with a blowtorch? 🤔 @@elaineb7065

With captive wildlife (zoos, aquariums, circuses) regulations are enforced by the USDA, APHIS, and NOAA among others. It is extremely confusing and ineffective. 😵‍💫

@@emmaobrien1376 NOAA the weather guys? They have a say in animal captivity?

@@emerynoel567O=Oceanic

@@emerynoel567NOAA - Nosey Oversight of Animal Activity

pizza, half pepperoni, half cheese, egg on top: go.

This is a great system but I'm absolutely not shocked kitchens like this aren't more common place. Most restaurants I've worked in do things like change all the dates on outdated food so the health inspector won't take off points.

I dont care

​@@freshcancer713thanks for sharing

you would be amazed how many expensive high end restaurants have terrible practices....

@@therealaintain Hahaha 🤣 great comeback.

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😂😂💯Salute Mr. John Oliver

When I say John makes my day brighter, I do mean it literally. 😂

@@xzonia1 I felt lost when new episodes stopped.

@@lonnieloveblackdragon indeed!

ok

John Oliver has become much more investigative journalism focused than comedy focused... which annoyed me at first... but he's doing SUCH GREAT WORK in an area that has been begging for it. Really important. If John Oliver and Jon Stewart could team up for a few of them, that would be phenomenal!

@@cytherians John Oliver see's the Israeli retaliation as a war crime, but mentions nothing about Hamas ripping the heads of Israeli babies. TIL John Oliver is an anti-semite

When I attended the protests against inhumane detention and caging of immigrants during the administration of Mango Mussolini, I always wanted to dope-slap the people holding signs demanding the elimination of the Customs and Border Enforcement agency. Letting poisonous food and dangerous consumer products into our country seemed like an obviously stupid idea; but some people don't think things through before opening their mouths or hoisting signs suggesting we throw out the baby with the bath water.

@@cytherians Investigative journalism and comedy are not mutually exclusive. Al Franken did a terrific job highlighting social problems and injustices by comedically skewering the guilty. I wish he were still in Congress.

Did you work on the NLEA by chance? I recall my father spending many late nights and weekends for several months working to get that done because Congress gave the FDA hardly any time to implement it and no extra budget or employees to help with it. When it was done they all printed up some "I survived NLEA" t-shirts with a nutritional label on the back. I think I still have one somewhere.

My fav part 🤣

All these years later and the graphics department is still killing it. Don't suppose they're hiring...?

08:16

Obviously part of the script, but hilarious nonetheless

@@LordCarledo not random people from youtube comments, no.

For REAL- that's exactly what happened.

you have a blossoming mind

No- he's right. They shuttered up the place in Denver, on Evans & Broadway. As I remember, that's where the e coli scandal started. (technically it started in Greeley, CO. - a story for another time) There is another on 6th and Wadsworth if I recall. And a fancy one off of I-70 & Kipling. Anyway - they closed it for YEARS. It just sat there, getting vandalized. Then commercials came on TV. People started going back. It's open way late, so they get all kinds of folks. 🥴😵 I moved from Denver about 3 years ago. I used to love it. However, because of the "devils lettuce," it became a mad place to be. No offence to the lettuce. It's just a mad house now. Glad to be away.

I would actually eat at somewhere with that slogan. That's literally how you make bear meat safe too 😅.

I'm curious what you're slogan for Taco Bell would be? that one would be a little bit of a stretch for ya a.

John Oliver see's the Israeli retaliation as a war crime, but mentions nothing about Hamas ripping the heads of Israeli babies. TIL John Oliver is an anti-semite.

I’m kinda thinking it was lit and ready _the whole show_ 😮

NGL I trust Jon Oliver with a lot more than any murican. Man calls a spade a spade, and I respect that.

I agree with him on that. I bet there was quite a bit of coaching going on before the show.

Now that!!! sounds like a great idea!!!

Our current standard for piercing the corporate veil is way too low, as are the fines we impose on businesses for wrongdoing. Fix both of those and you’ll see companies changing. But I’m not optimistic given lawmakers’ entanglement with corporations and their CEOs.

We've been needing to do that for, like, 200 years.

Don''t forget shareholder

Also fine them double of what they made selling the product, not 2%.

Chaotic good is what the world needs more of. I've had enough of being run by psychopaths and sociopaths lol

John Oliver see's the Israeli retaliation as a war crime, but mentions nothing about Hamas ripping the heads of Israeli babies. TIL John Oliver is an anti-semite.

Look up Wayne Hsiung for a real example of Chaotic Good

I wish you every success then. This world needs more than one "j.oliver" .

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yeah claim bankruptcy change name reopen...fine problem solved...

Fines? Throw them in jail.

​@@inciaradible7144That's better.

​@@inciaradible7144Throw in to jail? EAT EM

That would be communism in the eyes of people so not gonna happen

Rott in hell

The IBS sufferers concur and stand with John and our Crohn's Disease brethren.

@@occams_lazor @Aphrovav I say, better out than in...

Haha I have emetophobia and was absolutely amazed that anyone wouldn’t put vomiting last. Though obviously it all sucks.

​@frmaha I'm also an emetophobic and I definitely would leave vomiting for last. It absolutely sucks. Although for us emetophobes, knowing this about the FDA is an absolute nightmare

but but but, Murica, f yeah - the land of the free and sick 😅

In America, we eat at our own risk.

@@coondog7934 haha... on the other hand you might get shot while sitting in a restaurant in BR, but your salad will be clean 😅

@@laurafernandesfigueira9266 haha... so true! i can't imagine ever getting shot in the US.

It is a very outdated perception to say Brazil is a "3rd world country", beyond that it is spot on.

Thank you for your service. Sincerely.

All put together it's wild--- some things seem absurd and some under accounted. The problem is that the legislation is subject to experts who may get to testify on the rrecord but it's less work to just scream into the void so yoooooOOOoOOOO

I think food service needs to have staffing be treated as a safety issue similar to Healthcare. I worked food service and I saw a lot of corners get cut because of understaffing and overworked people. and a general work culture that emphasized a fast pace over safety and thoroughness. There's only so much that a team that's only 1/4 of ideal staffing can do especially when everyone is exhausted. Also some places don't even train all that much on food safety aside from a few basic points, because they want to put their new employees to work as fast as possible. The restaurant industry has serious issues that can only be resolved by legislation. for the sake of the workers and the people they serve.

You don't want the cookie crisps man, that's that double plus ungood 💩

Was hoping for a smack/heroin joke, but can live with what we got. Why DOES that thing's shirt say dig em? Is the first time free?

John Oliver see's the Israeli retaliation as a war crime, but mentions nothing about Hamas ripping the heads of Israeli babies. TIL John Oliver is an anti-semite.

@@actuallynotsteveI think it's the frog's name

Something you buy in an ally

I'm a huge fan of your work! (I loooove cheesecake lol)

So I'm thinking the lesson here is eat less spinach and more cheesecake. I'm on it!😁

Your safety protocols sound like museum protocols also. And yours should be stricter. For us it includes: No hair products in hair No nail polish if not wearing gloves No makeup if you want to be really strict about it Nails kept very short And all of that is necessary to prevent damage to fragile objects, but also so we don't have reservoirs for substances to collect.

John Oliver see's the Israeli retaliation as a war crime, but mentions nothing about Hamas ripping the heads of Israeli babies. TIL John Oliver is an anti-semite

​@@oldasyouromensI work in pharmaceutical production and it has always struck me as odd that food production has such low standards people need to follow. You'd think if it came to filling a tube of pain gel and a tube of ketchup there should be roughly similar hygenic/safety standards and protocols. At my current work I have to change three times (including shoes), wear a mask, hair net, gloves and safety goggles the entire time. But the food production facility I used to work at had people just.. come in with street clothes and barely anyone wore hair nets or gloves. The difference was staggering tbh

Yet it doesn't matter because nothing will get done to fix it.

You’re getting a very biased opinion from your company. The clinical studies that lead to the approval of devices are typically pathetically small.

JO did an episode on just this, saying the exact opposite of what you're saying. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--tIdzNlExrw.html

@@azoor5881 Plus, if you read anything about Purdue Pharma and the FDA, you see that terrible regulation also applies to drugs, just in a different way. Can't recommend reading The Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe enough.

@@azoor5881I also work in the medical device industry, literally in the back room during these audits. They absolutely do not fuck around. They can demand any record and ask any person in the building questions. Did someone forget to sign one maintenance form six months ago? Good news, you get to uproot your entire documentation workflow, and you will be expected to provide evidence of improvement.

I work in the manufacturing of stem cell products (allogeneic and autologous, CAR-T included), and I feel you 100%. It's HARDCORE stuff (I'm the quality specialist and it's on me to get us through a dozen or inspections a year. There's a huge variety too, hi internal, external (local, state, federal and international, as well as any company we partner with).

Did she eat any lettuce?

Organic vegetables have diseases that non-organic vegetables don't? I'm shocked.

That's so frightening when they're so small. I'm glad she's at home.

@@user-zk8ed4kd2b you didn't pay attention to the video at all

"Organic" foods are made with less chemicals and are therefore more susceptible to bacterial outbreaks, creating one of life's great ironies where you have to very literally pick your poison: Short-term or long-term risk of disease.

John Oliver see's the Israeli retaliation as a war crime, but mentions nothing about Hamas ripping the heads of Israeli babies. TIL John Oliver is an anti-semite.

That's why, when my hamster looks lonely, I let it play with my farm cats while I work. Oh how they run, and scream, and sometimes the cats help the hamster to fly. 😁 (I just imagine the fun that they're having while I'm at work)🤪 Oddly enough, I can't always find the hamsters when I get home 😭 (I guess they run away 🤷‍♂️). So, afterwards I have to get another hamster. 😢 Maybe next time, I'll let the lonely hamsters play with Sammy Bal Boa. It's so hard to tell when Boa Constrictors are lonely🤔 And since they both have similar cages, no more running away😏

That's the way I feel about the foods I purchase in the stores

​@@tracewallace23The hamsters must be protected at all costs, you beast - shame on you & go stand in the corner right now 😅

@@9sheri9 but, but, but, I was only trying to hhheeelllpppp 😭😭😭

Make sure to vote to keep it that way. Those same US companies are trying hard to break EU regulation standards for their profits. Yet I meet more Americans each month that are moving out of the US because the safety and healthcare just aren't worth the risk any more.

Bulls we also have corruption, revolving doors, 50000 lobbyist in Eu and plenty of outbreaks, horse meat in regular meat, babies dying with kinder, buitoni etc.

We just don't have a Julien Oliver to burn dem like lettuce

Haaaa! Tell this to that corner kebab place in Mitte or Alexanderplatz in Berlin OR some eatery in Severozapaden in Bulgaria. Cmooon…

On food SAFETY. **NOT FREEDOM OF SPEACH**

There are no real food regulations. Eat organic.

​@@theresehopkins1581you mean eat shit?

@@theresehopkins1581 Organic is just a loose term that companies use to charge more. It's like "carbon neutral". There are plenty of loopholes so don't just trust a flimsy label that says "organic".

@@theresehopkins1581 how does not using synthetic pesticides protect you from e coli in perfectly natural cow shit?

@@theresehopkins1581Eating organic won't protect you from cow shit on your salad or your vegetables.

the failure is not nursing your kids. It's doable, I nursed both my sons for over a year each.

@@harrymyheroFuck all those babies whose moms can’t breastfeed I guess.

@@harrymyhero I've been nursing my son for almost 2 years now, but I have had to supplement with formula because I am an under-supplier. Every mother is different and we can't all feed our children solely on breast milk. Shame on you for saying someone who isn't nursing is failing. I won't even start with how congress has failed us by not allowing us better maternity leave and better enforcement of pumping laws/regulations. I just think your comment sucks.

This is a classical example of how the media misinterprets and twists facts and spreads misinformation. Everyone is very quick on blaming the government agencies. As a scientist I have followed the Abbott recall very closely and based on the facts there is not a shred of evidence that shows the presence of cronobacter either inside the plant or in the products tested as a part of the investigation. Cronobacter is widely present in nature and no mfg facility can control its presence in the environment outside the plant. It can be present in your kitchen or the water you are feeding your baby. Follow best practices at home. Breast feed the baby. If you must use formula, boil the water, add appropriate scoops of baby formula, shake, let it cool to luke warm/body temperature and then feed the baby.

It's a good one. And I pictured him standing in line at TB on a road trip when he came up with it

John Oliver see's the Israeli retaliation as a war crime, but mentions nothing about Hamas ripping the heads of Israeli babies. TIL John Oliver is an anti-semite.

This line needs to be used in the next "Dune" installment

John Oliver see's the Israeli retaliation as a war crime, but mentions nothing about Hamas ripping the heads of Israeli babies. TIL John Oliver is an anti-semite

Sounds like the cost cutting should be in reducing the number of bosses!

Okay I think you need to share that information … please!

Yeah, my dad worked for the FDA for 30 years and retired a while back. He last worked in the division of plant products and plant product safety. Oh the stories I can tell, LoL. Some of these companies are just insane. One involved a stowaway in the cargo hold of a ship transporting cocoa beans, and that stowaway died along the way and his body exploded all over the beans. The question then was if the beans would be considered safe for consumption if cleaned before processing into confections and what cleaning would be considered sufficient if that was the case. Just one among many stories over the years.

How does he come up with this stuff

Not true, but not far wrong.

people like Miller do :( because F the amish

@sagesam1951 people like Miller do :( because F the amish

But many countries have to deal with systems that old, or older. I think America is dealing with the issues that come from having just two political parties, and political bribes being legal.

I would say that the electoral college is the first thing that needs to go and all districts, state or federal, need to be drawn by nonpartisan method.

This one is not quite a century old, the USDA was created first which is why the split. It was mainly for meat plants. FDA was given authority of the rest of the food supply chain, including imports which are inspected.

@@bubblegumplastic not really, most countries update laws or even rewrite constitutions once in awhile. But yes having only 2 parties, mind you, a mostly center right one and now a far right one, doesn't help

@@nataliaofthenightlords yes, never do I hear any other country speak so much of the constitution. this is against the constitution! case closed. but the US is also very religious compared to other western countries, so the constitution is like a bible I guess.

Thank you for your efforts! I appreciate you and the others for sticking with the job.

One reason recalls are delayed is you have to build a case for it to avoid law suits.

Y'all are the people we depend on to get important info to the media and we do pay close attention to it, perhaps because it's local. Please keep up this important work.

Yeah he left out a lot of things because they have to. It's already a 20 minute episode. You have to break this stuff up, you can't just cover every angle when there are so many.

John Oliver see's the Israeli retaliation as a war crime, but mentions nothing about Hamas ripping the heads of Israeli babies. TIL John Oliver is an anti-semite.

I was like "this is all stuff I'm familiar with because of Serv safe"

With an attitude like that, i'd like to check your restaurant out and possibly dine in!

Same. The restaurant I work at now is great, but I used to work at a spot that was heinous. Everything on the menu said fresh, but it was frozen and thawed. Once I threw out some moldy apples and the owner fished through the trash to pick out “a couple good ones.” I left that place immediately, shortly after it got shut down.

Wish everyone in the grocery store I work at had that same attitude.

Not 4 more years… Of war?! *_Trips on a sandbag_*

I'd say it is my best time of the week.... yes... it was a very sad few months.

Absolutely💯

​@safoutop10104a new way for immortality

John Oliver see's the Israeli retaliation as a war crime, but mentions nothing about Hamas ripping the heads of Israeli babies. TIL John Oliver is an anti-semite.

Well

Don't worry, we already thought you were ;)

​@@juliebraden6911 Well huwhat?

John Oliver see's the Israeli retaliation as a war crime, but mentions nothing about Hamas ripping the heads of Israeli babies. TIL John Oliver is an anti-semite.

He already did that one. Look up his episode on meat packing xD It's a different one he did a while ago.

@@MakashiOwns I think I'll only drink water from now on... oh wait he did an episode of that too.

@@948320z Microplastics+PFAS+ possible lead >_< lol

@@948320z I personally recommend photosynthesis. After I started that diet, I felt one with the Earth... since I died and was thrown into a hole.

Heh perhaps, except the prof's warning is accurate. There are so many crevices in a head of lettuce you'd have to separate them all AND char them so much to sterilize them that it'd basically be inedible. And that's without adding the "sprayed on crap" scenario. That can get inside the leaves.

Is she doing well now?

Human bodily waste is the most dangerous weapon of mass destruction.

Im so sorry. I hope shes better now.

Thanks for the concern @aerg9359 and @janedoe6704! It was definitely a scary time but she's doing great now.

This story was already in a Netflix doc

@@laurenkonopacz8984 yeah one that they used footage from and credited

Sadly, a lot of the "lobbying money" aka bribes, aren't even that much ! Maybe over the decades into the billions. Private PAC's , like Koch and such give WAY more money than Tyson does. Giving chicken the blind eye, versus overturning well established laws are very different in scope.

Corporate Democrat? You mean a typical Democrat? Same goes for Republicans. Two sides, same coin

That would be corruption

This.

Yup, politics have been bought and sold for decades now.

You just won the internet. ALL Thumbs Up !! (edit: But nobody will ever know...)

I wish I could like this 1000 times.

Yeah, in the UK inspections are more active and regular, they also have the ability to shut down a place or have a recall without fear of any lawsuits like can happen in the US.

Other countries manage it. Try harder.

You nailed it. American greed. Capitalism. Forget about FDA and USDA. The NSF(National Science Foundation)board members(some) are bought by the diary, egg and meat industries...This has been going on for decades and during the same time, the public has become dumb and dumber. Its not at all surprising why the system is broken at every level and in every field.

I think that this is why we can purchase produce cleansers, with very specific instructions. I've been buying organic just for peace of mind.

What are the biggest “””ready-to-eat””” things we should avoid?

John Oliver see's the Israeli retaliation as a war crime, but mentions nothing about Hamas ripping the heads of Israeli babies. TIL John Oliver is an anti-semite

yeah, ive seen places where the dishwasher also had to be the prep cook lol

@@greenderp What's wrong with that? You can do dishes and make food just fine....

Fining should be enough. That how it works in first world countries. USA should take note of what is done elsewhere, prison isn t the answer to food safety. An indépendant authority that can shut down a factory has way more weight on great groups than the possibility of one random employee being jailed..

John Oliver see's the Israeli retaliation as a war crime, but mentions nothing about Hamas ripping the heads of Israeli babies. TIL John Oliver is an anti-semite.

Cheney/AOC ( I ) 2024 no more parties in the White House the cabinet needs cleaning admin, not ad men RICO now/RICO forever

he is a feisty boy for sure

Reminds me of Red Dye #3. It’s banned in the EU as a potential carcinogen and FDA banned use of Red 3 in cosmetics and topical drugs in 1990, but not in food. So your red lipstick can’t have Red 3 because you might swallow some of it. But your candy, jelly, breakfast cereal, etc. can all still have Red 3? 😬

They are restricted from inspecting ANY vitamins or compounding drug farms. I NEVER buy any vitamin that is not USP tested, for purity (no dangerous contents) and dosage (you can take too much of certain vitamins). Avoid those vitamin store, NONE of their crap is EVER tested. Do not trust those self-tested one either. You need a third party inspecting them. Nature Made was one of the first, they started with Vitamin C but now almost all of them are, same for Costco.

I left medical device manufacturing for the same reasons.

That sweet time in 2014 when we had the OG daily show, Colbert report and Last week Tonight… what a glorious few months

Bhaaaaaa. That's the funniest thing I've ever read 😂

@@JohnnyDelco Keep an eye on the ratio of likes

These chimps are lying to you about everything, and there's proof on film at an official US government website. Learn about the 1942 USDA film, *Hemp for Victory.* You'd care about it if John Oliver told you about it, but he won't because he's lying to you about everything. The whole worthless system is lying to us about everything.

​@JohnnyDelco why tf are u here?

it's not so hard, you can say it too, in 3 easy to say steps: "worst"-"stir"-"sure" just blur those three words together and you are saying Worcestershire

No! It’s more like rooster with a v instead of the first r and the beginning of the name Shirley

Hes still a british after all

@@isisnoreija Don't call me shirley.

ok

Just do not ask them about the filth and decomp section, pretty disgusting jobs, to me. They do stuff like smell fish to see if it has rotted yet.

Same. I try to grow our veggies so I know what was around it

Safely might be a stretch but at least not with spraying infected cow poop over it i guess :D

Just make sure there's no lead in your soil. This is a big issue around old homes.

@@rachelh7926 yep, you can do test kits to know what's up with your soil

By the way, pet food is inspected by the FDA since some children might eat it too. PS - Avoid dog chews.

@@toriless I always buy the best dog treats. Freeze dried beef liver & bull pizzles are single ingredient goodies I wouldn't eat but probably healthier than the garbage that's marketed for humans! Cheap dog kibble uses feather meal as added protein yuk 🤢

I almost died of salmonella in 2020. Due to covid all the hospitals were full and I wasn’t allowed to receive a private nurse at home until results of a test came in. Which means that for the first 4 days, I didn’t receive any kind of treatment. My aunt had to take on herself the decision of starting the antibiotics before the test confirmed it was salmonella. If she wouldn’t have done so, I probably wouldn’t be here now. It took 3 weeks just to get better and 3 years later I still feel the consequences of it. Oh, and I got it from eating raw salmon just bought at the supermarket, nowhere close to expiration date.

John Oliver see's the Israeli retaliation as a war crime, but mentions nothing about Hamas ripping the heads of Israeli babies. TIL John Oliver is an anti-semite.

The big thing is still funding

@@magimerlyn9596, Well it would at least get rid of the conflict of interest that the FDA currently has. They neglect food safety, the food makes you sick, and the medical industry sells you the treatment, then bribes the FDA for the 'fast-tracking' of more unsafe treatments. How do you think the 'opioid epidemic' got started? The FDA was bribed to fast-track it's approval, that's how.

@@magimerlyn9596 Oh! You wanted safer food? Sorry, we sent that money to Ukraine and Israel.

Came here to say this. Let the USDA absorb what meager resources the FDA has for Food, and sort it out from there.

@@BelamarEutravos The amount we would for safe food need pales in insignificance compared to the military budget, which is itself an order of magnitude more than foreign aid. It is not a matter of not having the money, it is a matter of regulatory capture by the food producers. Defund the regulators and they can't enforce the rules.

Mayonnaise was on the Titanic. Hellmann's, I think, possibly under its original company name (still used West of the Rocky Mtns) Best Foods. A truly superior dressing and / or sauce

I make my own mayo now in small batches :)

Pineapple pizza with mayo gives me life!

Oof.

Cough on the food. Lets start covid part 2.

Ha! I had covid like two weeks ago, this is something else I think it might be pnemonia

If you say that you have diarrhea then they have to send you home by law!

Also, our inspection is also spread incredibly thin, can't hire folks our keep them because the pay hasn't kept up with private sector

I am infertile from eating scented candles

​@@lpc9929 good

John Oliver see's the Israeli retaliation as a war crime, but mentions nothing about Hamas ripping the heads of Israeli babies. TIL John Oliver is an anti-semite

⁠@@lpc9929no amount of government oversight would help you, I think.

They cant get their act together on a Speaker of the House.

Alas, our glorious former president had to get his ideas from Fox and Friends.

Man, I loved that stuff as a kid. How dare he? 😆

I had a feeling maybe we should boil, but what if we used Acids to bombard the lettuce?

John Oliver see's the Israeli retaliation as a war crime, but mentions nothing about Hamas ripping the heads of Israeli babies. TIL John Oliver is an anti-semite.

@@zacharythomas8617 asking the right questions and to the right people. Godspeed.

What about Food Irradiation? Short of Prions You’re basically good, right? That and waaaaaay longer shelf life.

I was expecting the blow torch thing to not really work. But I thank you for explaining why!

Tbh while it might be more extreme/ on a larger scale in the US, this definitely isn't an exclusively American problem. Having worked at multiple dairies and a large butcher's shop in Germany, Austria and Switzerland I was shocked by the amount of carelessness and even corruption I witnessed. Don't get me wrong, most companies, especially the larger ones, will have rather strict GMP protocols and a high degree of automation, leaving little room for error or manipulation. While I have witnessed problematic and sometimes illegal activities in those places, they would generally have lots of control mechanisms and more well-trained workers. In my experience, it is the smaller companies that are more at risk. Due to a smaller amount of automated processes they often rely heavily on workers with very little training. The current worker shortages often exacerbate any already existing hygienic problems. The existing control mechanisms, e.g. private certification like ifs as well as state authorities, are stretched too thin and work too slowly to counter any existing dangers effectively.

John Oliver see's the Israeli retaliation as a war crime, but mentions nothing about Hamas ripping the heads of Israeli babies. TIL John Oliver is an anti-semite

Do you allow jewelry, long hair not put up & nailpolish on workerd, as they do in the states?

​@@kk-fo3zxhaha german & Dutch products are the sewage of europé.. I NEVER buy german meat.. ever

Yet HACCP's origins are in the US.

John Oliver see's the Israeli retaliation as a war crime, but mentions nothing about Hamas ripping the heads of Israeli babies. TIL John Oliver is an anti-semite

I'm sure one day you will get there. Same with gun law and other issues you got right now. They belittled us when they saw how many regulations we got for let's say bananas. And yet, who is laughing now?

​​@@coondog7934The US is in end stage capitalism. Thus the constant nostalgia in media, and daily "feel good stories" about our children trying to make enough money to feed their school friends. The billionaire class are the rulers of our oligarchy and the worst things get, the richer they get. Plus they don't pay taxes like the rest of us. We don't really see the possibility of things getting better. We're teetering on the edge of fascism too. Oh and 🔫 laws are getting more lax for some reason. The Supreme Court is going to decide if people who commit D.V. should be allowed to keep their 🔫 collections.

@@coondog7934 don't believe those brexit lies. there not really any crazy regulations on bananas.

I really hope American systems would function better overall as well. Quite a significant country, and it sucks to see how they run the ship.

John Oliver see's the Israeli retaliation as a war crime, but mentions nothing about Hamas ripping the heads of Israeli babies. TIL John Oliver is an anti-semite

We have a very similar system in our restaurants, but I am sure they are just inspected far less often than it's supposed to be, or far less critically than intended, simply because of the FDA caring more about Drugs, or because of a shortage of Food Inspectors, or (most likely) a combination of both.

Loves me some f*cked up mustard! Dijon, Spicy Brown, Honey, English, German, Hot Chinese - I'm good to go with 'em all. But when some condimonster starts mixing mustard with mayo or ketchup I'm out! Mixing the races is fine and makes (mostly) beautiful babies, but keep my condiments pure - except for ketchup and horseradish. Every rules has it's exception. And don't get me started on ketchup and mayo - that abomination is devil's jizz!

@@DennisMoore664I tried English mustard a while back, and it was nasty. Way too salty. And mayo/mustard mixed together is amazing! :D

@@tekbarrier You monster! (just joking around, my comrade in condiments. Enjoy your mayotard - wait that sounds wrong - mustanaise? Also, now I'm curious about which mustard you are mixing with the mayo)

Good mayonnaise if often made with a bit of mustard. Not only does it provide some lovely nuance to the flavour, but also helps stabilize the emulsification. Always use a tablespoon or two of Dijon when making mayo, with some fresh lemon juice, maybe a touch of garlic, and don't skimp on the salt and peppar. Yummy stuff! If you only use egg and oil, if doesn't taste much of anything at all :-(

HUD, DHS, and USPS, too

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

Will implode and fall in before overhaul lol.

Where do you propose we come up with that funding? We just allocated another 900 billion to the US Military, we simply can't afford another 10 billion to completely overhaul the FDA. -congress probably

@@gustafsone They should have given the 10 billion also to the US Military to buy them weapons with which they kill these pesky bacteria... ;-)

At least with baby you can plug a sock

if the president wanted to do this, he could use his bully pulpit... or so the legend goes.

Don’t pay attention to the temper tantrums of a toddler = don’t give your vote to a politician who gridlocks progress

John Oliver see's the Israeli retaliation as a war crime, but mentions nothing about Hamas ripping the heads of Israeli babies. TIL John Oliver is an anti-semite.

Cheney/AOC ( I ) 2024 no more parties in the White House the cabinet needs cleaning admin, not ad men RICO now/RICO forever