"Ken" > wrote in message
news:zwhFc.15353$7t3.2343@attbi_s51...
> I purchased a pack of ground beef at the grocery store, packed in the
> standard styrofoam/shrink wrap package. Circumstances prevented me from
> getting the beef into my refrigerator for 12 hours - it spent a fairly
cool
> Seattle evening in my car last night. This morning, it passed the smell
> test. I'd appreciate some opinions on if the meat is good/bad.

Pitch it. Ground meat is the most likely type of meat to be contaminated.
A week in the hospital hoping for a quick death is far more costly than a
package of ground beef.