That would seem to be the position of the FDA, which has refused to ban downer cows from going into the food supply. From the FDA's point of view, the recent recall of 72,000 tons of beef was just a glitch in the system.
You might have a hard time picturing 72,000 tons of beef. If that much beef were a cruise ship, it would be this:
I love to have a nice steak now and then. But given the FDA's rather cavalier attitude towards food safety, I'm thinking of giving up red meat.
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I prefer bison or elk, if available.
They're kind of hard to find around these parts, but there are some farms that are experimenting with raising bison.
I like venison, but I gather that there is some kind of disease in them now that makes eating them questionable. It's been a long while since I last took to the woods with a rifle, so I've not been paying any attention to this.
If you want beef check your local producers, you can get organic or at least non-feed lot beef/pork/chicken from local farmers. (Our motto "Meet what you eat....")
They don't sell just a single steak you have to buy a half or whole cow (300-1000 lbs of meat) but if you get a bunch of friends together it's not a big deal. Also it's not like you get the cow in one chunk, it'll come just like store bought stuff in nice little packages.
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