17 Nov 2006
Hide-washing improves beef safety

Of course, if the poor critters weren't confined in a feedlot with 100,000 of their cousins, they probably wouldn't be all covered with manure. And the manure that did clump around their tails wouldn't be all full of E. coli O157:H7, either. But let's pressure wash the carcass! That'd be easier than doing things right. And cheaper, too.

A practical, effective cattle-washing system that reduces levels of pathogens on cattle hides, lessening the likelihood the pathogens will get onto the meat and be consumed by humans, has been developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Clay Center, Neb.

(link) [ The Prairie Star]

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