John,

<< I find it difficult to believe that people would be allergic to beef.  I
CAN believe that people are allergic to the unnatural foods that are fed TO
the beef, and are having a reaction to that which is transmitted along with
it.  >>

If the natives of New Guinea that practiced cannibalism several hundred
years ago before the advent of pesticides etc. succumbed to  the human
variant of mad cow disease, why should allergies to beef be ruled out?


<< I don't know too much about allergies. >>

That sums it up for you.

Mahesh Shah aka ElectronicBoy