Provide a 5 pages analysis while answering the following question: Possible Ingestion of Contaminated Beef. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide. An abstract is required. Several beef makers use the process in order to make it tender. They rely on blades and needles to separate the meat fibers from one another. Unknowingly, this routine also creates new pathways for bacteria to travel deep into the animal tissue.

Health authorities have done little to control the hazard as meat plants are left to oversee their own processes. This is particularly alarming since 90% of firms rely on the process. Additionally, hygiene practices in some large meat-packing plants are wanting. A number of them leave faeces on meat thus exposing consumers to the most obvious source of E.Coli bacteria. Consumers are in danger of falling sick and even dying from the bacteria if the practice is left unchecked. Gastaldo (2012) believes that meat labeling may help. It could warn customers about the need for higher temperatures during cooking. However, this will still not assist most consumers who may not understand the implications of a mechanical tenderization process. The most effective approach would be to implement rigorous health and safety programs in meat plants and ensure that no fecal matter is left on the meat.

Corporate conglomerates may not want individuals to know the truth about the products they are consuming because this truth may prevent them from buying it. Food companies are part of the capitalist machinery and have successfully managed to outcompete and even eliminate small-scale producers (Pollan, 2006). Most of the agricultural products in modern society grow faster, at a cheaper rate and have been made bigger than usual. If a farmer finds a method of growing corn that will take half the amount of time that a traditional plant would, then the former method carries the day. This propensity for cheaper, faster and bigger products increases profits for commercial enterprises but may not necessarily be in the public’s interests.

A number of individuals may express dissent against this domination through the media.