I got just had a 10 day (still ongoing) bought of GI upset (you don't need the details) from eating undercooked meat that I bought (and cooked myself) from WHole Foods. No big deal, the weight loss is an added benefit and I'll get over it I'm sure. It doesn't make me want to stop eating chicken and lamb from Whole Foods. I will cook it a little longer. ANd in 20+ years of cooking this is the first time it has happened. SO odds are in my favor of it not happening again soon.
The story I told is true, and told by a upper level chief in the international meat inspection unit in Wash DC. It was USA meat that was shipped to China, not the other way around. I personally don't buy foods form China, like frozen spinach. Lol, neither does the USDA friend.
I'm not that paranoid about germs, it's just raw meat apparently. I personally figure if I get salmonella from tainted spinich or strawberries it's just bad luck, what can you do. If I get sick from eating under cooked meat it's my own damn fault for putting it into my mouth knowing it's undercooked.
fair enough.....and i'm sorry you got sick.
here's the thing. i don't consider it to be bad luck if i get sick from eating spinach tainted with salmonella. i think it's criminal that the water where the cows were ......and was leeching into the roots of the vegetables..the water source was too close..can you imagine? that's no accident. that's just simply not caring. that's big ag.
that's not bad luck. that's criminal.
as to meat and everything edible under the sun...the moment it hits air, it's 'contaminated' by the germs that are everywhere. milk, as soon as the pasteurisation process is over....before you ever open the bottle, it's germinating because there are a certain amount of bacteria allowed to stay in pasteurised milk.....and every time the bottle is opened....more germs.
there are germs on your counter, on your skin, they are everywhere.....
i hear what you're saying about raw meat...for the longest time, i couldn't touch it...i was that phobic. after all, i had mrsa in my neck. i still shudder when i think about it.
but friction kills most bacteria, so we wipe our counters, we wash our hands....
i just wish you didn't have such a problem with raw meat, since it's probably one of the least likely to make you sick, unless you lick your fingers after handling it raw
but i have vegan friends, if it helps, who solved their phobias by wearing gloves and using baby wipes on their dogs' feet and face...
personally, i would never use alcohol on a dog....but that's just me.
ah, i misunderstood. usa meat shipped to china.....there are quite a few who are fighting this very thing. monsanto just lost a major case in France...the farmer brought suit against them for their modified grains...
there are grass roots groups who are tired of feedlot cattle and inhumane feeding...and slaughtering.....and it's starting to show.
i know exactly from where my food comes.....because there are so many who are so greed driven, it's the only thing i can do to protect myself and my dogs...at least it gives us a fighting chance
