RE: USDA's Version of Food Safety?

awiediger@Hart.k12.ky.us
Thu, 16 Dec 1999 09:06:30 -0500

Actually, the study showed that as little as 5 DAYS of grass or hay rather
than intensive grain feeding returned the rumen to its normal acidic state,
and 0157 can't survive in that environment. Even if we can't (or won't)
force the packing plants to clean up their act, we could stop 0157 at the
source, but it's too simple, and too 'cheap' a solution. We believe it just
gives us another tool in marketing our organic, grass finished beef.

Alison Wiediger
Au Naturel Farm
Smiths Grove, KY

> Didn't a Purdue or Cornell study show the 0157 problem could be solved by
> switching from corn to grass and allowing the animal's digestive track to
> return to normal a few weeks before slaughter?
>
>

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