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Irradiated Beef: It's What's For Dinner
By Judith Gorman, AlterNet
November 15, 2002
Busy working moms like me are always on the lookout for innovative menu ideas
for the family, and that's why I'm so excited about a new item that's showing
up on grocer's shelves.
It's irradiated beef, a technological breakthrough that enables health
conscious families like yours and mine to be protected from the dangers of
E.coli, salmonella and listeria. Even if cattle holding lots are not exactly
hygienic, and once in a while beef is improperly processed or past its
expiration date or you eat your burgers blood rare, you will still be safe
from food poisoning. Because once your beef is irradiated, no living organism
can survive.
Just imagine the fun you'll have preparing irradiated hamburgers, irradiated
chili, spaghetti and irradiated meatballs, and that all-time family favorite,
irradiated kebabs barbecued on the backyard grill.
In fact, it tastes so much like the old familiar burger that you won't even
know you're eating irradiated beef unless you read the fine print. Last
winter, Iowa Senator Tom Harkin inserted last minute provisions into the
Senate farm bill, allowing irradiated beef to be labeled as "pasteurized,"
instead of the Food and Drug Administration's suggested "Treated By
Irradiation" label.
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