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Canada has blocked imports from the biggest U.S. pork processing plant, a facility run by Smithfield Foods (SFD.O) in Tar Heel, North Carolina, the company said on Friday.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250308002120/https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/canada-suspends-imports-biggest-us-pork-processing-plant-2025-03-07/


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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Don’t worry, massively slimming down the USDA should help with that pork quality issue lol

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Free market. People will just start buying from companies that don't give them food poisoning.

Or we can try to regulate things so that few or none get sick.

One seems a better choice than the other.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Free market

Under corporatist corrupt markets, any terrorist that disrupts the American economy by accusing a company of poisoning people, should be deported back to Iran. They can only hate America. I'm not even sure why USDA employees should write to Musk 5 bullet points on how they hated America last week. /s

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

lol..not in the USA…we essentially have monopolies in chicken, pork, and beef

[–] GrumpyDuckling 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wasn't eating pork before the admin change because of lack of compliance.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good idea. Fortunately, I live close to many farms and can buy direct from reputable farmers outside of the typical US supply chain.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's dope. I'm especially careful about pork I buy due to pigs' intelligence, and the beef we get around here is amazing and comes from very happy cows. Wish I could say I were truly outta that supply chain though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, it is hard to be completely out of the supply chain. I’m even retired right now and it’s a lot of work. But, it does feel (and taste) a lot better eating animals that you know have been humanely treated their whole lives.