{"id":16736,"date":"2010-01-15T08:41:05","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T13:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=16736"},"modified":"2010-01-15T10:18:55","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T15:18:55","slug":"is-that-a-salami-in-your-pocket-or-are-you-just-trying-to-kill-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=16736","title":{"rendered":"Is That a Salami in Your Pocket Or Are You Just Trying To Kill Me?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I found this<\/a> in the print edition of the Wall Street Journal yesterday and had to track it down this morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Apparently gourmet chefs have been smuggling foreign meats into the U.S. for years.\u00a0 The tone of the article is generally that these are poor put upon chefs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Smuggling is something you do with drugs or kids,” jokes executive chef Chris Cosentino, whose San Francisco restaurant Incanto specializes in dishes that use most every part of an animal. “Our goal is to improve the food system.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now I have nothing against good food and figuring out recipes. (For God’s sake man, look at me from the side.)\u00a0 But, this is stupid.\u00a0 You have to read a while but you eventually find out why Customs has a beef. (I couldn’t help it sorry.)<\/p>\n

Sausages and hams “are much more dangerous than people think,” says Janice Mosher, an official at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which seizes about 4,000 pounds of prohibited meat, plant and animal products a day. “Those items truly have the ability to spread disease.” The government is concerned that bacteria from a smuggled piece of meat will spread through the ecosystem, infecting livestock and hurting agricultural production, Ms. Mosher says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I find it hard to believe that there isn’t another answer to this problem beyond smuggling.\u00a0 As much as we might not like it, the rules are the rules and we should all follow them.<\/p>\n

The final word of the article sums it all up:<\/p>\n

While that may bad news for salumi makers, it made Mr. Creminelli feel better about the state of aviation security generally. “If they stop me for salami, hopefully they can stop someone who is doing something really wrong.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

’nuff said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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