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Default Dangerous Bacteria Found In Ground Turkey

On Wed, 1 May 2013 09:27:37 -0700, "Paul M. Cook" >
wrote:

>
> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:43:03 -0800, Judy Haffner wrote:
> >
> >> Of the 257 samples of ground turkey tested, more than half were found to
> >> be positive for fecal bacteria and overall, 90 percent were contaminated
> >> with one or more types of disease-causing organisms, many of which
> >> proved resistant to one or more common antibiotics, Consumer Reports
> >> found.

> >
> > Once the USDA gets wind of this, they will no doubt crack down on
> > these dirty turkey farms and make our food supply safe for
> > consumption. Just as they are doing with chicken.

>
>
> No they won't. We can't afford food inspection. We're broke.
>

That's for sure! Strangle the FDA, OSHA etc and wonder why things are
the way they are.

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