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Date: | Fri, 6 Mar 1998 16:48:57 -0600 |
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>a recent article says US chickens are all infected, and should be
>avoided raw.
Roberta,
While I most certainly appreciate your sentiment in bringing such
information to light, I also feel that it is perhaps a bit of a
generalization to say that _all_ US Chickens are unfit to consume raw.
Some of my thoughts on the subject of meat contamination (of course, only my
personal opinion):
- without a doubt, a high percentage of our meat in the US is raised in such
a poor fasion, that a high percentage of the animals are truly unhealthy
when compared to their free-range, well-cared for counterparts. Some of
these factors that most of us are aware of in livestock are:
-lack of living space/exercise
-poor diet
-high use of hormones/antibiotics
-commercial processing, for example irradiation
These factors obviously contribute to much unhealthier animals who are much
more prone to wide-spread bacterial infections.
So, regardless of one's views on "germ theory," is it not agreeable that
most of this "bacteria/contamination scare" would be mostly geared towards
commercially produced meats? Granted, there is much more to this issue than
my simplistic assessment, but I genuinely feel that healthy, free-range
animals are not given to the high amount of contamination and disease that
commercially raised animals are.
I have never had any contamination problems whatsoever with fresh, raw meats
that have come from reliable, natural sources. I am afraid that I would
have to experience something for myself before I would buy in to the idea
that all chicken is not fit to consume.
I'd be interested to hear what others have to say on the subject.
-Ben
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