Right, it just goes to show that one should not buy "frozen hamburgers made by
Cargill" or any other such junk. The ground beef I eat is actually "simply a
chunk of meat run through a grinder".
Cheers,
Nathan
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On Feb 22, 2013, at 1:33 AM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> Oh,
> here is one illustrative story with a bit more background:
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/health/04meat.html?pagewanted=all
>
>
>
> Tina writes:
>>> Sorry! I love your photos, as always.
>
> Yes, keep 'em coming.
>
> I do think however that food born illness concerns are valid and NOT a
> manifestion of the general public's well recognized inability to gauge
> absolute risks appropriately.
>
>
> "Foodborne diseases are an important public health burden in the United
> States."
>
> "CDC estimates that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million
> people) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne
> diseases." We're not talking rare here (except ground beef).
>
> Cases of Nontyphoidal Salmonella, Toxoplasma, Listeria, and norovirus
> caused the most deaths, not even mentioning Shigella Camplyobacter,
> Toxo. Staph exotoxin (I've had that--projectile vomiting-- on flight to
> Australia--ugh!)
>
> Recall before the Jack in
> box incident when 4 kids died of E. coli O157:H7 bacteria (shiga toxin
> producing E. coli) and over 600 sickened.
> Prior to that it was common for some feedlot containing stool to remain
> on the carcass (adhered to the hide) if less than dime sized and the
> bacteria wasn't even considered an adulterant until after new
> legislation was passed. Enforcement and inspection are still rather lax
> at best. Ground beef may be the worst as may be from tens of animals
> and even different countries.
>
> Where's the beef?-- not for me, especially raw.
> Dr. D (diarrhea)
>
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