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May 21, 2003
What's in Beef
Of samples taken at processing plants:
7.5% contaminated with Salmonella
11.7% contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes
30% contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus
53.3% contaminated with Clostridium perfringens
78.6% contained microbes of fecal materials
From Nationwide Federal Plant Raw Ground Beef Microbiological Survey, August 1993-March 1994 - USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service, April 1996
Posted by mike at May 21, 2003 08:18 AM