Chet: > I believe E.coli does not limit itself to living in ground > meat, though the Hudson recall did focus on that variety of flesh. > Are you suggesting E.coli only exists in ground flesh? I am not. I was just saying that the recent victims of E. Coli were from Hudson's gound meat. Of course, the bacteria live also in other kinds of meat. I even heard on TV the case of someone who got contaminated by drinking some unpasteurized fruit juice (if my memory serves me well). > Chet: > I personally believe > something very akin to "mad cow" phenomena seen in the United > Kingdom will in the next ten years have an equally ugly step-child > here in the U.S. And I also agree with you that the public should be informed about the way animals are fed and raised. This would put more pressure on using organic meat and/or improving the conditions in which the animals live. Best, Jean-Louis [log in to unmask]