On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 15:36:38 EDT, [log in to unmask] wrote:

>Hi
>Shoprite Supermarket  in NJ today has a sale on free range Australian  beef,
>but the label doesn't say hormone and antibiotic free, and the  butcher
>indicates if it doesn't say it on the label, it does contain antibiotics  and
>hormones.
>
>Anyone have any info on this? Also is there a mad cow disease risk buying
>Australian beef.

If it is Australian, you can be sure it has no BSE. 
There has been NO case of BSE in Australia.

As to whether the meat has hormones or antibiotics, 
I could not say.

Keith 
Canberra
Australia