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Woman's Shattered Life Shows Ground Beef Inspection Flaws

News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue Oct 6, 2009 1:49 PM EDT
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Ms. Smith, 22, was found to have a severe form of food-borne illness caused by E. coli, which Minnesota officials traced to the hamburger that her mother had grilled for their Sunday dinner in early fall 2007.

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miasma
Cargill, whose $116.6 billion in revenues last year made it the country’s largest private company, declined requests to interview company officials or visit its facilities.
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Reply#1 - Tue Oct 6, 2009 1:52 PM EDT
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Tony in Arizona

I may never eat another hamburger again. Damn! This article shows how truly worthless the USDA really is.

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Reply#2 - Tue Oct 6, 2009 3:42 PM EDT
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miasma

Well perhaps if enough people DO that the free mkt system will actually amend its' practices. My guess they will spend their efforts avoiding blame instead of improving their practices. But I am a cynic.

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    #2.1 - Tue Oct 6, 2009 6:18 PM EDT
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    {"commentId":9909506,"authorDomain":"rebeccaleigh77"}
    Miss Dynamite

    I couldn't even make it through the entire article. I just about tossed my cookies when it got into what her burger patties were made of. I never buy the frozen patties. I may never buy fresh hamburger again either. *throws up in mouth a little*

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    Reply#3 - Tue Oct 6, 2009 5:56 PM EDT
    {"commentId":9909906,"authorDomain":"miasma"}
    miasma

    Well apparently that is the message the largest privately held company in the USA is telling you: 'DO NOT BUY OUR PRODUCTS.'

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    #3.1 - Tue Oct 6, 2009 6:19 PM EDT
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    determined0a1

    Well, the safer way of eating ground beef is the 93%/97% no fat, and nuke it for reheating at least 3 minutes in the micro.

    This is about $4.XX/pound.

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    #3.2 - Tue Oct 6, 2009 6:29 PM EDT
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    {"commentId":9910693,"authorDomain":"blackcat8838"}
    Nan-813417

    She was a dance instructor. And here paralysis could have been prevented merely by thoroughly cooking the burger. Probably few are aware that your intestinal tract is filled with Escherechia Coli bacteria, and you could not survive without them. Hemmorhagic E. Coli ravages the body, leading to kidney failure and death, particularly in children. And ALL CAN BE PREVENTED by thoroughly cooking the meat. Steak is actually even saver. It is the GROUND meat that is riskier because can be contaminated at any point in its handling. No nead to freak out, peeps. Food poisoning has been around as long as creatures have been eating.

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    Reply#4 - Tue Oct 6, 2009 7:11 PM EDT
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    Nan-813417

    I think these articles do more to incite fear, than they do to actually educate. That's the news for you. The juicier it sounds, the more peeps bite on it. and I am no different. Certainly, I feel sorry for this young woman. There are no words.

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    Reply#5 - Tue Oct 6, 2009 7:15 PM EDT
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    Nan-813417

    [good inspections were slashed in the previous administration. check.] No blaming Mr. Obama, don't even go there. Bush SLASHED inspections. More money for his buddies. And I STAND BY these words. They can be FACTchecked. See Google.

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    Reply#6 - Tue Oct 6, 2009 7:17 PM EDT
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    freebirdreaming

    rock on Nan......... you admired greatly by one freebird:)

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    #6.1 - Tue Oct 6, 2009 7:45 PM EDT
    {"commentId":9916256,"authorDomain":"miasma"}
    miasma

    Agreed, FDA, USDA and almost every public safeguard was either hamstrung, unfunded or stocked with industry-insider administrators under the previous President. The problem isn't the USDA. It is not allowing, funding, or staffing them to do their job. The food industry has proven to be like the auto industry. There are acceptable losses that they can live with. I call those losses, "people."

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    #6.2 - Wed Oct 7, 2009 7:14 AM EDT
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    determined0a1

    Also adding few drops of smoke flavor to the seasoning, it's safer to cook the burger in the stove if you really like it.

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    #6.3 - Wed Oct 7, 2009 9:52 AM EDT
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