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How Safe is your Ground Beef (Consumer Reports)
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<blockquote data-quote="croaker24" data-source="post: 23514" data-attributes="member: 900"><p><a href="http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/how-safe-is-your-ground-beef.htm" target="_blank">http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/how-safe-is-your-ground-beef.htm</a></p><p></p><p>Great article, very thorough - and clearly identifying the differences between grass-fed and conventional beef. </p><p></p><p><em>More than 80 percent of beef produced in the U.S. is processed by four companies. Cattle can be slaughtered at high-speed rates—as many as 400 head per hour. Those slaughterhouses use a variety of methods to destroy bacteria on the carcass after the hide has been removed, such as hot water, chlorine-based, or lactic acid washes. But when so many cattle are being processed, sanitary practices may get short shrift. The result is that bacteria from cattle hides or digestive tracts can be transferred to the meat. “USDA has a presence in these plants to do inspections—though it’s against the company's’ wishes,” says Patty Lovera, assistant director of Food & Water Watch. “The economic power of the Big Four gives them a lot of political weight to push back against USDA inspectors’ efforts to enforce existing rules and to fight against any tighter safety standards being enacted.” And, she adds, “the sheer volume of beef that big-company plants crank out means that a quality control mistake at a single plant can lead to packages of contaminated beef ending up in stores and restaurants across 20 or 30 states.” </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="croaker24, post: 23514, member: 900"] [URL]http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/how-safe-is-your-ground-beef.htm[/URL] Great article, very thorough - and clearly identifying the differences between grass-fed and conventional beef. [I]More than 80 percent of beef produced in the U.S. is processed by four companies. Cattle can be slaughtered at high-speed rates—as many as 400 head per hour. Those slaughterhouses use a variety of methods to destroy bacteria on the carcass after the hide has been removed, such as hot water, chlorine-based, or lactic acid washes. But when so many cattle are being processed, sanitary practices may get short shrift. The result is that bacteria from cattle hides or digestive tracts can be transferred to the meat. “USDA has a presence in these plants to do inspections—though it’s against the company's’ wishes,” says Patty Lovera, assistant director of Food & Water Watch. “The economic power of the Big Four gives them a lot of political weight to push back against USDA inspectors’ efforts to enforce existing rules and to fight against any tighter safety standards being enacted.” And, she adds, “the sheer volume of beef that big-company plants crank out means that a quality control mistake at a single plant can lead to packages of contaminated beef ending up in stores and restaurants across 20 or 30 states.” [/I] [/QUOTE]
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