U.S. beef safe?
Government: U.S. beef safest in the world - Oct. 1, 2007
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s meat supply is “the safest in the world,” a U.S. agriculture official said Monday, seeking to reassure consumers following the recall of 21.7 million pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E.coli bacteria.
Dr. Richard Raymond, the Agriculture Department’s undersecretary of food safety, said that while an investigation found inadequate E.coli safety measures at the Topps Meat plant in New Jersey, where the beef was processed, the government was on top of the problem.
What an interesting statement the agriculture officials made. With the recent recalls and the several times U.S. beef has been found infected with mad cow that is really quite a statement. You have to wonder do they truly mean that are they just trying to make us all feel better.
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