U.S. to Step Up E. coli Testing in Beef
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 14:09
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I don’t eat red meat, but lots of people do. So this is important. Meat and animal poop are big spreaders of E. coli. That’s why the USDA will expand testing on meat used to make ground beef.
It’s a good idea. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claim an estimated 76 million people in the United States fall ill from food-borne illness each year. 5,000 don’t survive. Scary stuff.