Food and Drink Beware of Grill threats. We are not safe.

HonestChieffan · 05-30-2012, 04:45 PM

I pray this is not the fate of people on CP. Please be careful. Run a rare earth magnet over your meat.

(The Hill) — Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has called on the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to review whether metal grill brushes are safe for consumer use, after reports that some metal bristles broke off the brush and were swallowed, sending two men to the hospital.

“Metal bristles are one topping no one wants on their burger this holiday season,” Schumer said Tuesday. “Grilling season should be a great time for the whole family, not a time to be worried about an emergency visit to the hospital.”

Schumer said men from New Jersey and Washington State were recently hospitalized after swallowing metal bristles that fell off their grill brushes. He said that reports indicate that similar incidents occurred nearly a dozen times over the last three years.

In a Monday letter to both agencies, Schumer called on both agencies to review the safety of these products, and to consider a product recall if necessary.

**bevischief** · 05-30-2012, 04:47 PM

rtmike · 05-30-2012, 04:48 PM

Prolly more China crap. It's their secret way of destroying us.

whoman69 · 05-30-2012, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by rtmike

Prolly more China crap. It's their secret way of destroying us.

Why do we still buy everything from there again?

Tytanium · 05-30-2012, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by rtmike

Prolly more China crap. It's their secret way of destroying us.

If our stores would quit pinching pennies by buying garbage from China, this wouldn't be a problem.

InChiefsHeaven · 05-31-2012, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Tytanium

If we consumers would quit pinching pennies by buying garbage from China, this wouldn't be a problem.

Fixed your post.

Amnorix · 05-31-2012, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Tytanium

If our stores would quit pinching pennies by buying garbage from China, this wouldn't be a problem.

You're blaming the stores when American consumers flock to the cheapest product regardless of everything else?

The mirror is where the problem lies. Stores just sell us what we demand.

InChiefsHeaven · 05-31-2012, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Amnorix

You're blaming the stores when American consumers flock to the cheapest product regardless of everything else?

The mirror is where the problem lies. Stores just sell us what we demand.

Indeed. Apparently a gun is being held to the head of the poor victim, the American consumer!

**007** · 05-30-2012, 04:52 PM

And tell me why were they using a metal grill brush after the food was on the grill?

saphojunkie · 05-30-2012, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Guru

And tell me why were they using a metal grill brush after the food was on the grill?

This.

**bevischief** · 05-30-2012, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Guru

And tell me why were they using a metal grill brush after the food was on the grill?

They are noobs.

BigChiefFan · 05-30-2012, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Guru

And tell me why were they using a metal grill brush after the food was on the grill?

I thought the same thing. Is this really an issue for anybody with half a brain cell?

**Bwana** · 05-30-2012, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by BigChiefFan

I thought the same thing. Is this really an issue for anybody with half a brain cell?

Exactly and on that note, it tells me all I need to know about Sen. Chuck Schumer.

KCUnited · 05-30-2012, 07:45 PM

Weber there is any truth to this or not, Washington certainly doesn't need to be involved.

HonestChieffan · 05-30-2012, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by KCUnited

Weber there is any truth to this or not, Washington certainly doesn't need to be involved.

I see what you did here.

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