On Monday, October 26, 2015 at 3:47:10 AM UTC-4, joel wrote:
> Clear Food, a subsidiary of food analyzation startup Clear Labs,
> found that human DNA is present in 2 percent of hot dog and
> sausage brands, according to a recent study.
>
> The study also found that two thirds of the samples containing
> human DNA were advertised as vegetarian and almost 15 percent of
> products examined contained ingredients that differed from those
> included on the label.
>
> "The food industry has been a black box for too long. Food
> consumers have to trust that food labels are accurate, but that
> isn't always the case," said Sasan Amini, Clear Labs CEO and co-
> founder, in a press release. "We've found a 10-15 percent rate
> of discrepancy between labeled ingredients and actual
> ingredients across our internal tests to date."
>
> The Clear Food study collected 345 samples of hot dogs and
> sausages -- veggie dogs, sausages, and old-fashioned, all-beef
> hot dogs -- from 75 different brands at 10 different retailers,
> according to their statement. They found that 14.4 percent of
> the samples were problematic in some way, due to ingredient
> substitution, addition, or hygienic issues.
>
> "Substitution occurs when ingredients are added that do not show
> up on the label. Hygienic issues occur when some sort of non-
> harmful contaminant is introduced to the hot dog, in most cases,
> human DNA," said Clear Food in their study.
>
> Pork was found in 3 percent of samples, the majority of which
> were in products advertised as chicken- or turkey-only,
> especially problematic for people who avoid pork for religious
> reasons. In products not supposed to contain them, 10 contained
> traces of chicken meat, 9 pork, 4 beef, 3 turkey, and 2 lamb.
>
> Vegetarian products were another source of issue in the study.
> Besides frequently containing human DNA, 67 percent of the
> hygienic issues within the samples were caused by vegetarian
> products. Ten percent of all vegetarian samples contained meat;
> Clear Food found chicken in a 'vegetarian' breakfast sausage and
> pork in a 'vegetarian' hot dog. Based on their study of
> retailers, they advise that vegetarians buy their products from
> Trader Joe's.
>
> "While some of these substitutions, hygienic issues, other
> variances, or off-label ingredients may be permitted by the FDA,
> our scientific disclosure allows you, as the consumer, to decide
> whether the variance or problems meet your personal standard in
> your buying decision," Clear Food says in their study.
>
>
> The overall best retailers for hot dog and sausage products are
> Target, Walmart, and Safeway, and the top brands are, in order,
> Butterball, McCormick, Ekrich, and Hebrew National, who all
> received a 'Clear Score' of 96, meaning 'highest quality, great
> value, and safe.' Clear Food says is it promising that there are
> "a number of hot dog manufacturers, large and small, that are
> producing high-quality hot dogs with integrity."
>
> Amini, in the press release, added that she and her co-founder
> "started Clear Food to pave the way for consumers to make more
> informed choices about what they eat while rewarding companies
> and products with integrity -- those that are what they say they
> are." Clear Food was designed to be the customer initiative
> division of Clear Labs, and aims to reveal issues with food and
> ways to ensure food matches the advertised quality.
>
> Clear Food will release findings of their studies each month for
> free to the public on their website, ClearFood.com.
>
> http://dailycaller.com/2015/10/25/hu...d-in-hot-dogs-
> study-says/
>
> Now we know what has been happening to all the missing people.

The important question: Does human DNA go with a good Cotes du Rhone?