This math doesn't compute. 22 tons is 44000 pounds, not 660 million pounds. Even if it were 44000 tons, that's still only 88 million pounds, which is just over 13% of what the tweet claims.
No idea if the tweet's numbers are actually true or where they're from, but I'd assume that rejected shipment gets destroyed and that it isn't the only low-grade beef Argentina has for export.
If you wanted to depress the beef market this is a good way to do it. Whether the tainted meat makes it into America or not the suspicion of tainted meat will have consumers reducing or all out stop buying beef, at least for a while.
Nothing is safe. Vegetables are contaminated in shit. Remember, history shows us that when the people go hungry they tend to feed on the rich. Also, I hear the rich taste like Dino nuggies.
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areakode@riskeratspizza.com · 32 pts · 2d
I want to get off Mr. Bones' Wild Ride...
GolfFoxtrotLima@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1d
I too want to get off this wild ride
darkdemize@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 2d
This math doesn't compute. 22 tons is 44000 pounds, not 660 million pounds. Even if it were 44000 tons, that's still only 88 million pounds, which is just over 13% of what the tweet claims.
Whitebrow@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2d
Wouldn’t this mean the original shipment from a few months ago that was routed was just 22 tons?
Current stock volume being larger makes sense to me.
darkdemize@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2d
Tough to say without seeing a source cited for the secondary claim.
Whitebrow@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2d
Well idk which one is the secondary claim but here’s the one about the 660 million pounds of beef import, tariff free -
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117133120342300539
And here’s a random website about the Argentine beef shipment
https://insights.tridge.com/speaker-product-news-reports/KJLyFXpzJzgKuB1Gqsm5QUKHGgR43AVdqLavuazshacgxXfEGkP7F5dT
Whether or not any or all of that meat will be imported from said farms or regions, has not been specified as far as I’m aware.
I wouldn’t put it past them though, especially with the whole 25% below market price thing.
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 1d
No idea if the tweet's numbers are actually true or where they're from, but I'd assume that rejected shipment gets destroyed and that it isn't the only low-grade beef Argentina has for export.
GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2d
If you wanted to depress the beef market this is a good way to do it. Whether the tainted meat makes it into America or not the suspicion of tainted meat will have consumers reducing or all out stop buying beef, at least for a while.
Godric@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1d
Yeah, I'm going to need a better source than a tweet from a rando "singer-songwriter".
db2@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2d
Nobody gonna talk about what happened to all those wild horses huh
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1d
next month's McTrigger sandwich is going to be awesome.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1d
It's a great time to go vegetarian as an American
MyRobotShitsBolts@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1d
Nothing is safe. Vegetables are contaminated in shit. Remember, history shows us that when the people go hungry they tend to feed on the rich. Also, I hear the rich taste like Dino nuggies.
ShredderFeeder@shredderfood.net · -2 pts · 2d
Asshole is going to ruin stake for me...the one pleasure I have left in life...