Pat McKay is a veterinarian who for decades has been advocating raw foods for cats and dogs. She has a website at http://home1.gte.net/patmckay/index.html. She has some tips on sterilizing raw meats that might be helpful for sick people with weak digestive systems. From her book "Reigning Cats and dogs", p.16-17: "Because cats and dogs are carnivores and raw meat is their natural food, their digestive juices in most cases take care of salmonella, Escherichia coli and other unfriendly bacteria that cause food poisoning. Many allopathic veterinarians oppress the feeding of raw meat and tend to unjustly blame the salmonella, E coli and parasites from a weakened digestive system and/or an autoimmune condition. Enlightened holistic veterinary practitioners realize this and encourage their clients to feed raw meat. If you still are concerned about feeding raw meat, and especially if you have an animal who is already having digestive or autoimmune problems, you may use hydrogen peroxide (H202), grapefruit seed extract or colloid silver to prepare the meat before feeding. In addition to controlling salmonella, H202, grapefruit seed extract and colloidal silver are natural preservatives. To control the possibility of unfriendly bacteria and parasites add one of the following: 1 tablespoon of 3 percent food-grade hydrogen peroxide OR 4 drops of grapefruit seed extract liquid concentrate OR I teaspoon of colloidal silver to 6 ounces of purified water and pour over one pound of ground poultry. Mix the liquid with the meat until it is completely absorbed into the ground meat. If you are marinating whole chunks of poultry, let the meat soak in the hydrogen peroxide, the grapefruit seed extract or the colloidal silver for an hour or so while refrigerated to give the antibacterial agent time to absorb." Best, Peter [log in to unmask]