Comments on: Government supports irradiating beef to prevent E. coli http://urbanhennery.com/2007/12/05/government-supports-irradiating-beef-to-prevent-e-coli/ thoughts on country living, farming, gardening and eating locally Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:08:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Sophie (Debbie) http://urbanhennery.com/2007/12/05/government-supports-irradiating-beef-to-prevent-e-coli/comment-page-1/#comment-474 Sophie (Debbie) Mon, 10 Dec 2007 01:37:07 +0000 http://darkdayschallenge.com/?p=316#comment-474 Unbelievable! I just read the article and I am SOOO glad I get my beef from a local guy (pasteured, no growth hormones, no antibiotics, etc.). I can't believe what these people are saying: "the beef industry says it spends upward of $350 million a year to keep harmful pathogens out of the meat it sells to the public. " <i>"JBS Swift & Company and Cargill are now using hide-washing procedures, which can cost several million dollars to install." " 'I wish I had a silver bullet. We have done a lot, and it’s a continuing ongoing process to look for more,' Mr. Danilson said. But he acknowledged that it was impossible to create a perfect system for stopping E. coli 0157:H7. 'Taking a dirty animal and turning it into food — from the time of the cave man, that has not been an easy process.' "</i> I don't suppose taking all of that clean up money (not to mention the antibiotic money, the fake feed money, and the recall money) and using it to buy land (say in Wyoming and Nebraska where there's lots of it) so that the cows could eat grass like they're supposed to occurred to any one? Sounds to me like a silver bullet. Unbelievable! I just read the article and I am SOOO glad I get my beef from a local guy (pasteured, no growth hormones, no antibiotics, etc.). I can’t believe what these people are saying:
“the beef industry says it spends upward of $350 million a year to keep harmful pathogens out of the meat it sells to the public. ”

“JBS Swift & Company and Cargill are now using hide-washing procedures, which can cost several million dollars to install.”

” ‘I wish I had a silver bullet. We have done a lot, and it’s a continuing ongoing process to look for more,’ Mr. Danilson said. But he acknowledged that it was impossible to create a perfect system for stopping E. coli 0157:H7. ‘Taking a dirty animal and turning it into food — from the time of the cave man, that has not been an easy process.’ “

I don’t suppose taking all of that clean up money (not to mention the antibiotic money, the fake feed money, and the recall money) and using it to buy land (say in Wyoming and Nebraska where there’s lots of it) so that the cows could eat grass like they’re supposed to occurred to any one? Sounds to me like a silver bullet.

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