Well last week, whilest I was in DC, there was another meat emergency and tonight I heard about it on the nightly news. Turns out hot dogs are killing the children/youth of america. Hot dogs are the perfect shape to get stuck in a child's throat and therefore are a hazard to our national health.
It has been suggested that hot dog packages should have a warning label on them, similar as small toys and parts do for children. So your hot dog packages would say something like "contains small parts that may cause choking." The pediatrics researchers would like the meat industry to re-engineer hot dogs so that they do not get stuck in people's throats.
I hate to state the obvious here, but can't you CHEW the hot dog first??? Otherwise the choking defense would be a problem for Popsicles or bananas too! Perhaps parents should be watching their children while eating, or monitoring them to make sure they are appropriately chewing their food. I don't think this is a food problem, instead it is a parenting problem or a personal problem....
The meat industry is always a great scapegoat!
Yippee! A really smart person - perhaps one the idiots (AAP) will not appreciate. Good logical comments.
ReplyDeleteI could probably think of some other food items that are shaped like hot dogs that child don't seem to have a problem not choking on.
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