Guest guest Posted March 21, 2002 Report Share Posted March 21, 2002 I would like to eat a rare hamburger once or twice a month! I would prefer to buy irradiated pepper, and irradiated hamburger. (I would rather not explain about the pepper, it may upset some.) Now if irritation makes the fat rancid why do they irritate hamburger. I have tried many sources and the only irradiated Hamburger available in my area costs THREE times normal., and that is irradiated with light beams --NOT radio active material. So I eat steak instead, as I can sear the outside and leave the inside rare. (Now I am older and tougher and healthier than most of you; So do not warn me about rare Beef.) As the article stated it COULD be made available for those who may benefit from it at a small increase in cost rather than at a horrible price due to rabid opposition by people who don't care if they hurt a few while forbidding the many to make their own judgment choices. The only reason to irridate the Hamburger is BECAUSE: Some lazy dope addicted employees of some few meat packing factories do not do their job correctly! In Europe similar factories do not have that problem as the workers take pride in their work and don't let the meat get contaminated. As a result: In Europe, RAW Hamburger is very seldom contaminated. > (fats become rancid easily because of the free radical creation, so they won't be irradiated if they could be eaten raw). > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2002 Report Share Posted March 21, 2002 --- Lorenzo, Laura's Lean Beef might be an option. http://www.laurasleanbeef.com/basics/ JoAnn Guest joguest Friendsforhealthnaturally http://canceranswer.homestead.com/AIM.html " Lorenzo " <lorenzo1@w...> wrote: > The only reason to irridate the Hamburger is BECAUSE: Some lazy dope > addicted employees of some few meat packing factories do not do their job > correctly! > > In Europe similar factories do not have that problem as the workers take > pride in their work and don't let the meat get contaminated. > > As a result: In Europe, RAW Hamburger is very seldom contaminated. > > > > (fats become rancid easily because of the free radical > creation, so they won't be irradiated if they could be eaten raw). > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2002 Report Share Posted March 21, 2002 Contamination of meat (muscle tissue) can occur during evisceration where gastrointestinal contents can cross-contaminate meat. The animal must be infected by a pathogenic microorganism such as e.coli 0157:H7 for this to occur. Factory farms and inappropriate farm feed (high in grains) make susceptibility to infections more common. High speed assembly-line meat packing operations restrict employees ability to perform careful butchering and handling. Meat packing operations have been concentrated into a relatively few, massive operations in the U.S. In the U.S., meat processors are required to test for e.coli in the meat (this is not a requirement in Canada). Thus, U.S. inspection standards may be better than Canada. If meat is contaminated with pathogenic microorganisms from the gastrointestinal contents, it is only contaminated on the outside. Thus, searing a steak should kill virtually all the surface pathogenic bacteria. Inside the meat should remain virtually sterile. Grinding the meat to produce hamburger distributes surface pathogens throughout the product. Thus, one must thoroughly cook hamburger meat to be assured that e.coli 0157:H7 bacteria have been killed. The verotoxin this bacteria produces is especially virulent, causing a number of cases of kidney failure and death every year (especially amongst those with underdeveloped or compromised immune systems). Rob -------------------------- > The only reason to irradiate the Hamburger is BECAUSE: Some lazy dope > addicted employees of some few meat packing factories do not do their job > correctly! > > In Europe similar factories do not have that problem as the workers take > pride in their work and don't let the meat get contaminated. > > As a result: In Europe, RAW Hamburger is very seldom contaminated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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