OPINION: Eat, drink and be careful - (Washington Post)
October 9, 2007 – 6:03 pmFederal officials are, according to this story, looking for ways to beef up inspections with more inspectors and better technology. But that alone isn’t likely to solve the food safety problem. “We simply cannot inspect our way to safety,” as Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt said recently.
No wonder some Lean Plate Club members are taking things into their own hands. In Sacramento, one member and her husband bought a meat grinder, stating in a recent Web chat, “Now instead of buying ground beef, we buy other cuts of meat and grind them ourselves. My understanding is that … we greatly reduce the E. coli risk.”
Will that work? Maybe — as long as the meat is rinsed very well first and then patted dry with paper towels (cross-contamination nightmare - dp). Trim the outer layer of the meat before grinding. E. coli can lurk on the surface of cow […]
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