The story in the New York Times about ground beef is shocking and disgusting.
After eating hamburger contaminated by a potent strain of E. coli, a young woman is left paralysed. The Times takes an in-depth look at ground beef production in the United States.
Living in Canada,it is easy to read this as a story about conditions in the meat industry to the south. Yet just a few months ago, we had our own meat contamination story centred around a plant in Toronto, and a few years back we had a story about lax meat plant procedures in an Aylmer operation.
I wouldn't be too smug.
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Eeeek! I wonder how many people have beef (tape) worms there! Too bad there is no such thing as cool x-ray worm-o-vision glasses to see parasites and those kinds of things before it gets too late. They really should though.
ReplyDeleteThis post makes me not crave gas station beef jerkey anymore :)
Elle :)
Elle:
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a boy, I can recall watching the butcher grind meat for my mom. I call the changes I see, "Welcome to the 3rd world!" Ground beef form a half dozen sources and two countries, all to save a few pennies. Now, I want to know about Canadian meat.