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The Strange Story of Turkey Tails HAPPY Fresh turkey tails packaged for THANKSGIVING DAY sale in the southeast U.S. See story below — “Th e strange story Th ere are 9 more days left until of turkey tails”. THANKSGIVING DAY. [photo: Royal Foods Company] Celebrate our unique American holiday by sharing our bounty with each other — 9 in prayer and by our deeds. ONLINE @ SAMOANEWS.COM C M Y K DAILY CIRCULATION 7,000 PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2017 $1.00 The strange story Drugs, weapons, and lots of $$$ confi scated during police raids of turkey tails THREE MEN HAVE BEEN CHARGED — ONE IS A FORMER COP IT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT OUR by Ausage Fausia 3 guns (12-gauge shotgun, 357 magnum, and a GLOBALIZED FOOD SYSTEM Samoa News Reporter pellet gun — all fully loaded); 144 bullets for by Michael Carolan, Colorado State University Drugs, weapons, and a huge amount of cash the 357 magnum; various stolen items; and drug Intensive livestock farming is a huge global industry that were confi scated by armed detectives of the DPS paraphernalia. serves up millions of tons of beef, pork and poultry every year. Vice & Narcotics Unit during the early morning The three defendants are former DPS offi cer When I asked one producer recently to name something his hours last Thursday, when they executed a search Steve Tuatoo from Alofau; Taputimu resident industry thinks about that consumers don’t, he replied, “Beaks warrant on two homes — one in Taputimu, the Cody Christian Wood; and taxi driver Lemalie and butts.” This was his shorthand for animal parts that con- other in Alofau — and on a taxi on the main road, Taisia. sumers – especially in wealthy nations – don’t choose to eat. suspected to contain illegal drugs. Cash of $54,003 was confi scated from the On Thanksgiving, turkeys will adorn close to 90 percent of Acting Police Commissioner, Falana’ipupu home in Taputimu, in addition to $459 found on U.S. dinner tables. But one part of the bird never makes it to Ta’ase Sagapolutele, during a press conference Wood. the groaning board, or even to the giblet bag: the tail. The fate yesterday, confi rmed that the police raids were The three defendants are being charged sepa- of this fatty chunk of meat shows us the bizarre inner workings part of the Vice & Narcotics Unit’s sting opera- rately for unlawful possession of a controlled of our global food system, where eating more of one food pro- tion — ongoing for quite some time. substance, and unlawful possession of a con- duces less-desirable cuts and parts. This then creates demand Three individuals — including a former cop trolled substance with the intent to distribute. elsewhere – so successfully in some instances that the foreign — have been arrested as a result of last week’s The trio made their initial appearance before part becomes, over time, a national delicacy. raids and this was the fi nal piece of a puzzle District Court Judge Fiti Sunia this past Monday. SPARE PARTS that police have been trying to put together for Bail amount for Wood is set at $200,000 while Industrial-scale livestock production evolved after World a while. Tuato’o’s bail is set at $25,000 War II, supported by scientifi c advances such as antibiotics, Confi scated items include a large quantity Taisia is being held on $5,000 bail. growth hormones and, in the case of the turkey, artifi cial insemi- of methamphetamine, with an estimated street None of the men have been able to post bond; nation. (The bigger the tom, the harder it is for him to do what value between $50,000 and $55,000; marijuana therefore, they remain in custody at TCF. he’s supposed to do: procreate.) with a street value between $20,000 to $25,000; (Continued on page 6) U.S. commercial turkey production increased from 16 mil- lion pounds in January 1960 to 500 million pounds in January 2017. Total production this year is projected at 245 million birds. That includes a quarter-billion turkey tails, also known as the parson’s nose, pope’s nose or sultan’s nose. The tail is actually a gland that attaches the turkey’s feathers to its body. It is fi lled with oil that the bird uses to preen itself, so about 75 percent of its calories come from fat. It’s not clear why turkeys arrive at U.S. stores tailless. Industry insiders have suggested to me that it may simply have C M been an economic decision. Turkey consumption was a novelty Y K for most consumers before World War II, so few developed a taste for the tail, although the curious can fi nd recipes online. Turkeys have become larger, averaging around 30 pounds today compared to 13 pounds in the 1930s. We’ve also been breeding for breast size, due to the American love affair with white meat: One prized early big-breasted variety was called Bronze Mae West. Yet the tail remains. SAVORED IN SAMOA Rather than letting turkey tails go to waste, the poultry industry saw a business opportunity. The target: Pacifi c Island communi- ties, where animal protein was scarce. In the 1950s U.S. poultry fi rms began dumping turkey tails, along with chicken backs, into markets in Samoa. (Not to be outdone, New Zealand and Australia exported “mutton fl aps,” also known as sheep bellies, to the Pacifi c Islands.) With this strategy, the turkey industry turned waste into gold. Tapumanaia Galu Satele Jr., who spearheads the “Love Th y Neighbor” program, was able to pre- By 2007 the average Samoan was consuming more than 44 pare 1800 care packages for StarKist Samoa workers and 50 for Talofa Systems employees, aff ected pounds of turkey tails every year – a food that had been unknown by the 5-week cannery shutdown. there less than a century earlier. That’s nearly triple Americans’ It took 5 hours to complete the registration and distribution process last Saturday but everyone annual per capita turkey consumption. went home happy. In addition to care packages, milk from Panamex Pacifi c, coupons from Cost-U- When I interviewed Samoans recently for my book “No One Less, sodas from PPTC, and other ‘specialty items’ were also given out to help families aff ected by the shutdown. See story inside for details. (Continued on page 6) [photo: courtesy] Page 2 samoa news, Wednesday, November 15, 2017 Hawaiian Air Airbus A330 plane set to begin service to Pago in February 2018 LARGER PLANE, MORE COMFORTABLE FLIGHT, ADDS 30 SEATS PER FLIGHT… by Fili Sagapolutele tailored to leisure guests such Samoa News Correspondent as couples, families and honey- Hawaiian Airlines will be mooners, while offering supe- adjusting its Friday fl ights rior functionality to the business starting March 2018 as the traveler. Honolulu-based carrier moves Seating confi guration in the to introduce to the Pago Pago main cabin, or economy-class, route, its Airbus aircraft, which is 2-4-2, according to informa- provides more seats compared tion on the airline’s website, to the current Boeing 767 plane which points out that, maybe used in the American Samoa most important, “everyone gets market. a personal LCD touch-screen Currently, Hawaiian oper- monitor.” ates to and from Pago Pago American Samoa Visi- on Fridays and Mondays but tors Bureau executive director Samoa News recently learned David Vaeafe says the A330 from both local and off island planes are used by Hawaiian travelers that the airline will on all its international and US change the Friday fl ight to mainland destinations and now Thursday — starting March the territory will be included. 2018. “Frequent travelers on A test booking that Samoa Hawaiian Air will have con- News made on Hawaiian’s sistency when traveling on online reservation shows that Hawaiian either from Pago the Friday fl ight will change to Pago to the US mainland or Thursday, beginning Mar. 22, from the US mainland to Amer- 2018. ican Samoa, using the same Responding to Samoa News A330 aircraft, instead of the 1850 care packages, in addition to other specialty items, soda, and milk were distributed last inquiries, Hawaiian spokes- B767 just on the Pago Pago Saturday to the employees of StarKist and Talofa Systems, who are aff ected by the 5-week shutdown. person Ann Botticelli explained route,” Vaeafe said yesterday. [photo: courtesy] that the airline will start fl ying “Customers like consistency the Airbus A330 aircraft to on products. And Hawaiian is Pago Pago on Feb. 5, 2018. providing that consistency to “In order to switch to that customers.” American Samoa Government aircraft, we had to adjust our In terms of benefi ts for schedule to Pago Pago and American Samoa using the OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT move the Friday fl ight, back A330, he said the Pago Pago to Thursday. That will start route will have 60 extra seats March 22, 2018,” Botticelli a week — or 30-extra seats per said yesterday from Honolulu. fl ight. (Hawaiian in the past had oper- Additionally, A330 con- REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) ated on Thursdays and Mondays fi guration provides extra com- but later changed the Thursday fortable room on the plane, RFQ-009-2018 fl ight to Fridays.) said Vaeafe, who has traveled Issuance Date: November 13, 2017 Date & Time Due: December 13, 2017 “The A330 fl eet is being on Hawaiian’s A330 aircraft upgraded to provide full lie-fl at between Honolulu and the US No later than 2:00p.m (local time) seats in the front cabin and more mainland.
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