Profit Trumps Health: Meat and Restaurant Industries Say Meat Glue Safe for ConsumptionSusanne Posel, Contributor Transglutaminase, or Activa, is manufactured by Ajinomoto North America.This corporation also manufactures pervasive neurotoxins aspartame and MSG (monosodium glutamate.) While aspartame and MSG are known to be dangerous for human consumption, transglutaminase has not been studied enough to be conclusively negatively affective. However, the enzyme that binds is covalent; formed by cross-linked, insoluble and irreversible protein polymers. The binding enzyme in transglutaminase is made by cultivating bacteria using blood plasma from cows and pigs, but also can be created from vegetable or plant extracts.No regulatory body, including the FDA, forced manufacturers to divulge the process they use to create transglutaminase or its bonding enzymes.Even kosher meat has a special meat glue created especially for it. Brendan Naulty, Ajinonmoto North Americas senior vice president would have us believe that transglutaminate is an ubiquitous enzyme found in nature, basically every animal, in our tissues, in plants, trees and vegetables. With profits at stake, they have come forward to justify their use of this potentially dangerous product. They are readily willing to put the publics health at risk for their bottom line. Meat adhesives are also found in retail stores, catering outfits, tourist attractions and elsewhere. But using the binding substance to weave together high-quality cuts such as filet mignon with lower-priced meat such as chuck steak is patently illegal, said Mark D. Dopp, the American Meat Institutes general counsel. Such binding products are used on only about 8 million of the roughly 26 billion pounds of meat consumed annually, or less than half of 1%, Dopp said. Regardless, California Senator Ted W. Lieu wants to launch an investigation into meat glue. Lieu wants labeling for meats that have been bound together. In a letter to the USDA, Lieu said that: Bound meat may be filled with contagions that endanger the publics health. Because E.coli is an obvious threat, Lieu has come out to have authorities create a plan of attack. While the meat and restaurant industries justify their use of meat glue, the public are speaking out by supporting the investigation into the potential threats this binding agent poses. Perhaps a boycott is in order if those in power do not alter their business practices. We cannot expect those who profit from unhealthy lifestyles to cut their bottom line and do what is right. We must stand up against these corporations and regulatory agencies to demand better quality food that is safe for human consumption. RELATED ACTIVIST POST ARTICLE: Susanne Posel is the Chief Editor of Occupy Corporatism. Our alternative news site is dedicated to reporting the news as it actually happens; not as it is spun by the corporately funded mainstream media. You can find us on ourFacebook page. linkwithin_text=Related Articles: 