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I always assumed there was a little E coli in raw meat. That's why you cook it. Is there something special about this particular E coli???
yes. still a shame, though.
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Inspectors discovered the problem during routine testing of imported products, regulators said, offering no more details about the issue. Lakeside Refrigerated Services did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
While most strains of the E. coli bacteria are harmless, the toxic strain about which the agriculture department warns, STEC O103, can cause a two-to-eight-day illness on average. Rarely, more severe infections can develop. Infection, which can cause bloody diarrhea and vomiting, is usually diagnosed by a stool sample test.
it makes a shiga toxin that is not inactivated by cooking.
That is bad, but I don't think it is nearly as bad as many people would think.
It's certainly miniscule if you look at beef in general. US consumes something around 37,000 tons every day. Says Google. Almost can't imagine ground beef isn't at least half of that.
It's inside of us as well, along with billions of other individual germs. It would be far worse if we did not have bacteria (some of which is dangerous if it takes over) in our guts.
E coli is also in the guts of the animals we eat. When the carcasses are butchered, the stomach lining is sometimes punctured and all that digested nastiness comes spilling out, covering the meat in bacteria. This is why we should not eat this meat raw.
An animal that is cleanly butchered that is healthy is another story. I love eating raw foods, including beef, lamb, fish, etc but most beef here is not acceptable for that. I would think it would cost a fortune to get cleanly butchered meat that we can be sure is free of e coli.
I wouldn't worry about it. Like I said, you can do everything right and still get E Coli from your toothbrush. This focus on everything being germ free is not `healthy` imo. Challenge your body's immune system like you would challenge your heart in the gym!
we consume about 48 BILLION pounds of ground beef a year.
so this was 0.0002% of consumption. About 2% of the US's hourly consumption.
I think we'll be OK on the supply issue.
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