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» Belinda Mooney - Bad Beef

You rmessage is right on. And actually knowing where your beef comes from prevents a lot of problems. From mad cow disease to nasty hormones no one needs.

Range free cattle are the best!

belinda

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» gdobson720 - Bad Beef

In response to Bad Beef posted by belinda14:

Another suggestion: Since Mad Cow Disease comes from eating the central nervous system - brain and spinal cord - parts of the cow (usually ground up with the flesh for commercial ground beef), one way to lessen your chances of consuming contaminated ground beef is to have the meat ground yourself from whole roasts. All meatcutters/butchers will do this for you upon request.
Gail

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» gdobson720 - Bad Beef

In response to Bad Beef posted by gdobson720:

Oops - I was TOTALLY wrong in suggesting that one can lessen chances of contracting Mad Cow Disease by choosing your own cuts to grind (and therefore avoiding the addition of spinal cord and brain tissue). Cows consume these CNS parts in commercial feed and get the prions (causing us Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease) in their flesh; so we're back to choosing beef from cows that only eat organic feed. Thanks to Jackie for alerting us to the USDA's lack of oversight!

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» Jacqueline Church - Bad Beef

In response to Bad Beef posted by gdobson720:

I think it is safest to choose grass fed and/or organic beef. I do think it makes sense for other reasons to choose your own beef and let the butcher grind it for you. One of the things I often suggest is that we get to know our butcher, fishmonger, etc. It is critical these days with the problems like BSE, as a recent article I read indicated that some cattle farmers are trying to jump on the 'grass fed' profit train by calling their beef 'grass fed' or grass finished, which is misleading when they have fed the cattle typical feed. With fewer and fewer inspections likely, those who consume beef have to be very careful.

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