Another Good Showing for Rare Burgers
The New York Times published an article on 6/11/09 that once again named poultry as the largest source of food poisoning in the US. Also listed as causes of illness: vegetables. In fact, the article had this to say:
Researchers counted leafy vegetables, fungi, root vegetables, sprouts and vegetables from vines or stalks as separate categories. Caroline Smith DeWaal, director of food safety at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, an advocacy group, noted that if all of the produce categories were combined, outbreaks associated with vegetables would have far exceeded those in poultry.
Of all the food categories mentioned in the article, one was absent: hamburger. In fact, it wasn’t even mentioned.
So, as I said in my original hamburger post, most people won’t get sick from a rare burger.
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