Keeping hamburger safe

Meat Processors Look for Ways to Keep Ground Beef Safe

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Fifteen years after an outbreak at Jack in the Box restaurants made people aware that hamburgers could kill them, the American beef industry is still searching for a practical method to prevent the toxic E. coli strain from contaminating ground beef.

“If you gave me a million, zillion dollars and said give me a plant that doesn’t have E. coli, I couldn’t do it,” said Michael T. Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. “It’s not about the will. It’s about the ability.”


Comment: Food irradiation is also a viable approach! Meanwhile, buy ground beef from a reliable source and cook it thoroughly! No steak tartare!