I noticed something what bigfrog said about the price of fish. Is the price of fish really that high?

I mean, our fishermen should be giving away fish and crawfish where we should have a glut. But, if they are pricing high, something is wrong!

We should have fresh fish when we want it. Now, I have not been to a fish vendor in years, but that last time I bought a 12-15 inch grouper, it cost me about $40. And that was expensive. But, do you mean to tell me that fish has gone up way more than that?

Tell me it ain't so!

no bey, can of tuna only 65 cents now.

I don't by fish or crawfish, well maybe on a rare occasion. It is not worth the price they charge, it just ain't that good. :tdown:

I noticed something what bigfrog said about the price of fish. Is the price of fish really that high?
I mean, our fishermen should be giving away fish and crawfish where we should have a glut. But, if they are pricing high, something is wrong!
We should have fresh fish when we want it. Now, I have not been to a fish vendor in years, but that last time I bought a 12-15 inch grouper, it cost me about $40. And that was expensive. But, do you mean to tell me that fish has gone up way more than that?
Tell me it ain't so!


Give those fisherman a B-Slap for killing off the friggin juvaniles and we would not have this problem! Well....that and sink the Dominicans on site!

It's not even the gas they complain about! That is why we have these things on season now! And anything placed on season will get a price hike! Way to go stubborn fisherman! :voodoo:

no bey, can of tuna only 65 cents now.


You mean you can't get 2 for a dollar anymore

40 bux?? Why spend that much money on fish? I'd stick to chicken from the foodstore.

40 bux?? Why spend that much money on fish? I'd stick to chicken from the foodstore.

Sad aint it? In a place that is supposed to be teming with food from the sea, we import chicken. It's the Bahamian way. :bahamas:

Sad aint it? In a place that is supposed to be teming with food from the sea, we import chicken. It's the Bahamian way. :bahamas:


All of the chicken we eat, Gladstone farms closed down!
:tdown:

40 bux?? Why spend that much money on fish? I'd stick to chicken from the foodstore.

specially when its probably spoiled. :sailing:

Sad aint it? In a place that is supposed to be teming with food from the sea, we import chicken. It's the Bahamian way. :bahamas:

anyone seen the price of lobster lately? Man then think we rich, no wonder we eat so much corn beef here!!

Sad aint it? In a place that is supposed to be teming with food from the sea, we import chicken. It's the Bahamian way. :bahamas:



....And with no reason to.

Meanus Valdoulois on the Farm in Freeport can produce enough chicken and eggs to supply the entire Bahamas and then some. They have done it time and again, but then somebody decides "they want US chicken" and the GBI farm has to ramp down production.


We keep cutting Bahamian manufacturers of at the knees and destroying the juvenile fish. We will soon we eating "berl pine bark".

....And with no reason to.
Meanus Valdoulois on the Farm in Freeport can produce enough chicken and eggs to supply the entire Bahamas and then some. They have done it time and again, but then somebody decides "they want US chicken" and the GBI farm has to ramp down production.
We keep cutting Bahamian manufacturers of at the knees and destroying the juvenile fish. We will soon we eating "berl pine bark".


:gi:

....And with no reason to.
Meanus Valdoulois on the Farm in Freeport can produce enough chicken and eggs to supply the entire Bahamas and then some. They have done it time and again, but then somebody decides "they want US chicken" and the GBI farm has to ramp down production.
We keep cutting Bahamian manufacturers of at the knees and destroying the juvenile fish. We will soon we eating "berl pine bark".


The people say because go to the farm and see the chicken mess, and smell the chicken mess and see the flies they dont want buy the chicken in Freeport.

I wonder if they think the farms that supply tyson and butterball are immaculate?

The people say because go to the farm and see the chicken mess, and smell the chicken mess and see the flies they dont want buy the chicken in Freeport.
I wonder if they think the farms that supply tyson and butterball are immaculate?



Tyson Takes Stock of Its Chickens

Rules for McDonald's poultry processors are similarly thorough, requiring strict control over the lifespan of every chicken. At Tyson Foods, the key to maintaining food safety parameters and controlling quality is management and selection of the grandparent stock of the birds that are grown and that ultimately become McDonald's Chicken McNuggets, premium chicken sandwich filets, McChicken patties, Chicken Selects and Premium Salad ingredients.

Tyson Foods supplies the poultry breeder stock, which are dedicated to producing chickens destined for McDonald's. The company produces and monitors the feed for the birds in dedicated McDonald's feed mills, with guidelines on ingredients set by McDonald's. The company regularly audits the feed mills, verifying the quality and traceability programs, testing raw ingredients for pesticide residue, and sampling finished feed to verify the McDonald's chicken feed formula is adhered to. The feed is then delivered to individual contracted farms to be fed to McDonald's dedicated chicks.

Tyson operates three dedicated poultry complex facilities for McDonald's USA. Each complex includes a hatchery, feedmill, contracted farms, a processing plant and freezer. The eggs are delivered from the breeder farms to the hatchery, then delivered to contracted family farms-most of which are second-and third-generation poultry operations. The birds are grown to the desired size and are gathered up by Tyson crew members and delivered to a Tyson plant for processing.

The Tyson processing facilities operate under strict food safety protocols that are built around a system of constant testing and monitoring. When the chickens arrive at the plant, they are taken apart, deboned and X-rayed for bone fragments. Nuggets go through an additional bone check after the meat is ground. All of the meat is also hand-inspected for bone fragments. 'Tyson is a leader in zero tolerance for bones in products,' she says.

Throughout processing, all meat and other ingredients, such as the salt, batter and breading, are tracked and monitored for quality and safety. As ingredients are received and placed in storage, their tracking numbers are entered into a tracking system. During processing, ingredients are checked out of storage through the system and checked in at the processing line.

The processing facility uses an automated storage and retrieval freezer, which is kept under 0F at all times. The freezer operates on robotics, eliminating the need for personnel entering and exiting the freezer, thus holding the temperature constant for further protection of quality and safety.

Tyson quality control staff conduct hourly inspections of products during processing against a specific set of attributes, such as thickness, size, color and temperature. 'We have very specific requirements for our processes to provide oversight and continuous feedback,' Davidson says.

To reduce the risk of cross-contamination, environmental testing is conducted after every sanitation shift to test for bacteria prior to starting a new production run.

Before being packed for shipping, the finished products are continuously inspected by team members for quality issues, such as shape and color, but also for 'foldovers' or pieces that are stuck together. These pieces present potentially serious food hazards, Davidson points out, because their added thickness and irregular shapes can prevent pieces from being fully cooked at the store level. Samples of product from each batch is taken from each line every 30 minutes, cooked and tasted for additional inspection to ensure the final product meets McDonald's specifications for flavor, color and consistency. All chicken products for McDonald's are also sent through two metal detectors before final packaging.

The finished cases of chicken products are loaded from the freezer into McDonald's trucks, which are verified to be at the appropriate temperature prior to loading. The doors are sealed with the numbered bolt seals, which must be tracked to the bill of lading before being cut at the distribution center. When the bolt is cut, the temperature of the truck is tested again, and periodically temperature gauges are placed in the truck to track temperature data during shipping.

Davidson points out that if at any time the temperature exceeds target levels, it affects the quality of the product. 'It's another way we can be sure the product is consistent, safe and meets McDonald's standards of quality.'

http://www.foodsafetymagazine.com/article.asp?id=491&sub=sub1

The people say because go to the farm and see the chicken mess, and smell the chicken mess and see the flies they dont want buy the chicken in Freeport.
I wonder if they think the farms that supply tyson and butterball are immaculate?



Man I went to HUGE chicken/beef processing plants on a college field trip in Nebraska back when I was in college there.

The Freeport farm was no worse than any of them.

Were the hell do we think our food comes from?

*suck teeth @ these light weights* :gi: