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The dirty 10 or so they say.
alledan
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The Dirty 10:
1. Chicken
In one study cited by Men's Health, more than 40 percent of chicken samples contained bacteria that can sicken, including E. coli.
2. Ground Beef
Simply because of the way ground beef is made through heavy processing, it has the potential to be loaded with deadly E. coli bacteria and more.
3. Ground Turkey
One in four packages of ground turkey tested by Men's Health contained bacteria. This becomes a greater concern as more people substitute ground turkey for ground beef thinking it's a healthier alternative.
4. Oysters
Beware of raw oysters! Many are tainted not only with bacteria, but also the Norovirus.
5. Eggs
The incredible edible egg is also associated with more than 600,000 cases of food poisoning each year and more than 300 deaths. Cook eggs completely and never eat them raw.
6. Cantaloupe
Cantaloupe rinds often contain dangerous bacteria that are hard to wash away. Cut through that rind with a knife and the bacteria can be transferred to the fruit.
7. Peaches
This favorite juicy summer fruit is dangerous because the peach fuzz makes it difficult to clean off all the pesticides.
8. Pre-Packaged Tossed Salads
These bagged salads are one of the greatest conveniences of the past decade, but they can also be one of the biggest sources of food poisoning since the contents are often contaminated with E. Coli, according to Men's Health.
9. Cold Cuts
It looks like delicious shaved ham or turkey to you. But it could contain the dangerous bacteria Listeria, which is especially risky for infants and the elderly. Listeria can be spread by the deli slicer, and it can even grow in a cold refrigerator. What can you do? Experts advise you to transfer the deli meat to a fresh package when you get home and only buy enough for one week at a time.
10. Scallions
If these green onions are left uncooked, they have the potential to become bacterial breeding grounds. They've also been linked to fatal outbreaks of Hepatitis-A.
1. Chicken
In one study cited by Men's Health, more than 40 percent of chicken samples contained bacteria that can sicken, including E. coli.
2. Ground Beef
Simply because of the way ground beef is made through heavy processing, it has the potential to be loaded with deadly E. coli bacteria and more.
3. Ground Turkey
One in four packages of ground turkey tested by Men's Health contained bacteria. This becomes a greater concern as more people substitute ground turkey for ground beef thinking it's a healthier alternative.
4. Oysters
Beware of raw oysters! Many are tainted not only with bacteria, but also the Norovirus.
5. Eggs
The incredible edible egg is also associated with more than 600,000 cases of food poisoning each year and more than 300 deaths. Cook eggs completely and never eat them raw.
6. Cantaloupe
Cantaloupe rinds often contain dangerous bacteria that are hard to wash away. Cut through that rind with a knife and the bacteria can be transferred to the fruit.
7. Peaches
This favorite juicy summer fruit is dangerous because the peach fuzz makes it difficult to clean off all the pesticides.
8. Pre-Packaged Tossed Salads
These bagged salads are one of the greatest conveniences of the past decade, but they can also be one of the biggest sources of food poisoning since the contents are often contaminated with E. Coli, according to Men's Health.
9. Cold Cuts
It looks like delicious shaved ham or turkey to you. But it could contain the dangerous bacteria Listeria, which is especially risky for infants and the elderly. Listeria can be spread by the deli slicer, and it can even grow in a cold refrigerator. What can you do? Experts advise you to transfer the deli meat to a fresh package when you get home and only buy enough for one week at a time.
10. Scallions
If these green onions are left uncooked, they have the potential to become bacterial breeding grounds. They've also been linked to fatal outbreaks of Hepatitis-A.
Comments
So, not only may your chicken, ground beef, and salad make you sick, they might also taste funny.
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Pork, BTW, can be infected with Trichanosis (sp?), a nasty nasty parasite which ultimately causes paralysis and death (brain stem no longer controls heart and lungs), so generally speaking pork has to be cooked more thoroughly than other meats. Unlike E-coli (a bacterium) the parasitic Trichonosis is difficult to kill because it is more similar to your cells than a bacteria. Basically what kills the parasite also kills your body, antibiotics are ineffective against both human tissue and parasites.
I'm doomed!
[xx(]barto[xx(]
That is true. But it only has e. coli on it if some feces has gotten on it.
This primarily happens in the slaughterhouse due to sloppy techniques.
Or, who knows, you get a slaughterhouse worker having a bad day, he might toss a couple pounds of fresh guts into the 1,000 pounds of burger he is grinding.
This is why I like to kill and process my own venison.
As to e.coli in pre packaged salad, I have heard that this comes from salad imported from Mexico, where they use fresh human manure as fertilizer.
There also was an outbreak of e. coli caused by green onions imported from Mexico. This was about a year ago in a few markets in California, and, I think, Oregon.
E. coli is killed by cooking.
By the way I do eat commercial burger.
I had to quit buying whole hams. I would have them sliced up and put into 4 or 5 packages. Inevitably the last package would go bad before I got to it.
Take heart Barto, just eat it all and digest it like I do![:p]
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