From:
julie johnson
Date: 2010-08-06 18:24:41 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] huge E. coli ground beef recall
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Sukie I would like to add to this as I contracted e coli from cooked ground
beef back in April. It was cooked on the grill at high temps but was still
in the beef. I had test after test done to confirm the findings. I was told
by my Doctor that they way ground beef is made (it contains parts of the
cow's intestines) it can not be cooked out of the beef. E coli is very
dangerous and very scary. Once you have contracted the disease your
gastrointestinal area is never the same. I stronger advise anyone from ever
eating ground beef. Steak is safer because it mostly stays on the service of
the meat and can be killed by high temp cooking, with ground beef, its all
inside the meat.
[That is a good point:
Those who want to feed their ferrets beef may
well want to use steak and even sear the outside
in case of cross contamination within the
slaughter house.
There is sometimes some confusion with people
thinking that this is vegetable bacterium. It is
not, but it appears on some vegetables when they
have been contaminated, for example, when they
have been grown in a place with fresh fecal run-off
which is usually from cattle but can be from other
infected species like humans. Then they are also
dangerous.
The origin of most E. coli in food ultimately goes
back to cattle, either from their fresh fecal waste, or
from their intestines when killed.
So, if your ferrets are getting beef, let them eat
seared steak.
-- Moderator]
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