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They’re not specifically feeding them plastic only, he’s showing how any waste food (old potatos, old bread, chips, etc) that comes to be processed does not have the plastic bags removed before going into a grinder to become feed.
He actually shows how it’s explicitly allowed in his state regulations, likely approved due to the efforts of an agribusiness lobbyist. I suspect that any negative effects to the pigs is not enough to effect the end product, or doesn’t manifest within the timeframe of a viable animal for slaughter.
I think the whole garbage feeding law (at least in US, where the video originated) is made to control disease transmission – but not microplastics, which is a relatively new discovery.
Still up to the consumer to protect themselves while there’s no regulation tackling this.
They’re not specifically feeding them plastic only, he’s showing how any waste food (old potatos, old bread, chips, etc) that comes to be processed does not have the plastic bags removed before going into a grinder to become feed.
He actually shows how it’s explicitly allowed in his state regulations, likely approved due to the efforts of an agribusiness lobbyist. I suspect that any negative effects to the pigs is not enough to effect the end product, or doesn’t manifest within the timeframe of a viable animal for slaughter.
this got me thinking as well.
I think the whole garbage feeding law (at least in US, where the video originated) is made to control disease transmission – but not microplastics, which is a relatively new discovery.
Still up to the consumer to protect themselves while there’s no regulation tackling this.