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Default "meat flushing" or CO injections

"Curt Nelson" > wrote in
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> "Knit Chic" > wrote in message
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>>I thought this was interesting:
>> http://www.newsnet5.com/consumerspec...89372/detail.h
>> tml
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>> Local Grocery Stores Sell Meat Containing CO
>> Woman Fights For Safe Food After 2-Year-Old Dies

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> I'm sort of wondering if a person isn't exposed to more CO
> when sitting in traffic. After all, when inhaled, it goes
> straight to the bloodstream.


the CO is harmless, but it keeps meat looking 'fresh' even
when it's gone bad.
however, E.Coli can be present in any meat, no matter how
fresh, just due to the slovenly standards at US meat packing
plants. color or CO presence has nothing to do with
contamination issues.
lee