Animals and E. Coli
tnfarmgirl41
18 years ago
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E. coli outbreak in Europe, Another reason to Grow Your Own!
Comments (4)Maybe when/if the EU passes their food ID/tracking/shipping system they won't have an army of misinformed people demanding the law be stopped because it lets Monsanto arrest your grandma for giving away lettuce...or whatever piece of misinformation some chain email or blog is pushing. This whole guessing game has already cost a conservative estimate of about 1/4-1/2 billion dollars and they don't even know what to look for yet. They have a slew of sick people and common foods, but the supply chain from farm to fork is muddled. They're on their 3rd false "probable suspect" last I checked. Every false positive is another hit to an entire crop and it's sales....See MoreRabbit manure and E, Coli
Comments (3)digdirt - dig a little further - re rabbits, your link leads to: "....O157:H7 was not detected in any of the samples" " ....Neither Salmonella nor E. coli O157:H7 was detected" one study found that rabbits could be infected with a different strain of E.coli than the one that's caused problems recently Escherichia coli is the normal gut bacteria of ALL mammals, including humans, and is largely harmless - enterohemorrhagic E. coli serotype O157:H7 is a particularly troublesome strain that has been the cause of all the food-borne illness problems in recent years, particularly with undercooked meat, because it [O157:H7] is found almost exclusively in the systems of intensively grain fed cattle .... the very first known occurance of this strain was found to have come from contaminated ground beef - meat can become contaminated during slaughter, and organisms can be thoroughly mixed into beef when it is ground - bacteria present on the cow's udders or on equipment may get into raw milk - water and soil contaminated with bovine fecal material can transfer the bacteria to field crops that are eaten raw it's believed possible that pigs and wild ruminants [deer, etc] may harbor O157:H7 if they've picked it up grazing contaminated ground, but COWS are the problem, so make sure you cook all meat [especially ground] to 160°F minimum, and make sure you don't contaminate other foods, kitchen surfaces or utensils with uncooked meat so NO Gary, your rabbits don't normally have problematic organisms in their Bunny Poo, and you should have no qualms about using it in your garden or compost, but hand washing is always a good thing Bill Here is a link that might be useful: new vacine against O157:H7 in cattle...See MoreE. coli in Germany reminds me of Jazz lyrics
Comments (2)With 2300 people sickened, it looks like there would be a common trail back to a certain food or source. I suggest they stop the guessing and zero in on the sick people's food choices....See MoreDoes cooking chopped meat very well kill e-coli or not?
Comments (4)Well, I like my beef well done -- good, intense flavor! I always feel like I have to explain to waiters when ordering steak that I honestly do prefer it that way, LOL! I don't think "commercial" has anything to do with it. The bacteria reside initially on the exterior of the meat (saw this in a USDA pamphlet, but now I can't find it for citation -- sorry). Grinding the meat will mix in the bacteria, regardless of whether the grinder is a big commercial interest or you using your own food processor. That's why cooking the interior to 160 degrees is critical -- to make sure whatever gets on the inside is killed....See Moremacbirch
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