Hamburger?

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 10/4/09 at 7:36pm

And the next time you are thinking about eating a hamburger--
think again!

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 10/4/09 at 7:51pm

Sorry, scare tactics don't work with me.

You could die just as easily in a car crash but you don't see people stopping driving because of it.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 10/4/09 at 8:03pm

And let's look at some of the more recent food recalls due to salmonella and e. coli:

Spinach
Tomatoes
Peanut Butter

Guess we should just stop eating everything.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 10/4/09 at 8:05pm

Lets not forget all the lead based toys. Kids will have to just play with themselves (he he) from now on.

[scott68]

Posted: 10/4/09 at 8:46pm

Why play with themselves when they can play with each other?

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 10/4/09 at 9:04pm

Because they are diseased!!

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 10/4/09 at 9:27pm

"Unwritten agreements between some companies appear to stand in the way of ingredient testing. Many big slaughterhouses will sell only to grinders who agree not to test their shipments for E. coli, according to officials at two large grinding companies. Slaughterhouses fear that one grinder’s discovery of E. coli will set off a recall of ingredients they sold to others."

If such agreements exist that is horrendous.

And the FDA should be having lots of random tests all over the country to protect the food supply but they don't have the staff or funds to do so.

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 10/4/09 at 9:29pm

Again same thing with:

Spinach
Tomatoes
Peanut Butter

& many other foods.

[nomdeplume]

Posted: 10/4/09 at 9:38pm

Yes, but it seems you can make a choice that will improve your odds with the hamburger.

If you buy it from a place that has their own butchers and uses only certain parts from the steer/cow to make the meat that should reduce your risk. The dirtier sections of the cow up the risk as I read this.

You would think something labeled as ground chuck or sirloin would be free from risk but this article says:

"Agriculture Department regulations also allow hamburger meat labeled ground chuck or sirloin to contain trimmings from those parts of the cow."

I think buying natural or organic beef, again from a reputable seller, may have less risk. Preferably in whole sections and not ground.

These pre-packaged, shipped hamburgers from big processing plants may have greater risk.
Updated On: 10/4/09 at 09:38 PM

[dramamama611]

Posted: 10/4/09 at 11:02pm

And they may not.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 10/4/09 at 11:20pm

Should we start living in bubbles?

[CJR]

Posted: 10/4/09 at 11:41pm

This isn't really anything new. I remember my grandparents talking about this when I was little, explaining to my mother that was why they only got their hamburgers and cuts of meat from a butcher the next town over (part of the largest steakhouse in the area), rather than the butcher counter at the grocery store or - gasp - the freezer case.

I can't lie, when I want burgers (which isn't often) I go to that same butcher. Frozen burgers from like, costco and the grocery store have always skeeved me out a little.