Smuggler caught with 756 pounds of Mexican bologna

[TexasStooge]

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Border agents last week landed a meaty bust, seizing 756 pounds of bologna arranged into the shape of a car seat and covered with blankets in a man's pickup.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 81 rolls of Mexican bologna Friday at the Paso Del Norte bridge as the pickup entered the United States.

"It puts the ultimate consumer at risk," said customs spokesman Roger Maier. "Who knows how long these products have gone without refrigeration or without proper handling?"

Children were sitting on top of the illegal load before it was discovered, Maier said. The rear seat had been removed from the extended-cab pickup and the bologna was put in its place.

He said the agency plans to pursue civil penalties against the Mexican man driving the truck. Maier said the agency won't release the man's name until the case goes to trial.

Maier said the bologna goes for about $1 a roll in Juarez. When it is sold to a customer in the United States, it can go for between $5 and $10 a roll , he said.

[GalvestonDuck]

Blech! I think I'll stick with Oscar Mayer.

[looks like rain]

could this be payback for nafta? i shudder to imagine what might be in the bologna.......

[Pro-Storm]

could this be payback for nafta? i shudder to imagine what might be in the bologna.......

Chicken lips.....pig snouts.....moo cow leftovers....and whatever else is scraped up off the floor....... :17:

[TexasStooge]

Blech! I think I'll stick with Oscar Mayer.

Same here.

[GalvestonDuck]

Anyone here ever read "The Jungle?"

[Amanzi]

could this be payback for nafta? i shudder to imagine what might be in the bologna.......

Chicken lips.....pig snouts.....moo cow leftovers....and whatever else is scraped up off the floor....... :17:

EWWWWWIE ... I dont think I would eat that stuff even if it was hand crafted by a designer label... (IMHO... meat should not bounce when dropped on the floor!)

[TexasStooge]

Even if I cook that stuff, they'll shrink to a size of about an oreo cookie.

[stormraiser]

I did GD. I became a Vegetarian for about 6 years. I still try to stay away from "bulk" meats. I prefer to grow my own so I know where they came from and how they were handled, or got to a farmer I am acquainted with and get it that way.

What with all the hormones, radiation and what not, you don't know if it is even good for you any more.

Anyone here ever read "The Jungle?"

[TexasStooge]

Anyone here ever read "The Jungle?"

Havent read it, but I've heard about it a million times...DANG!! Just makes me wanna get that book.

[stormraiser]

The Author TS is Upton Sinclair