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From Today's New York Times

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31): Would the average American have believed that hamburgers were treated with ammonia to remove salmonella and E. The United States Department of Agriculture has been broken for a long time, and it is clear that it cannot protect the American public from illness and death from contaminated meat products. No outside fat trimmings!

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5, 2009 To the Editor: I ate my last hamburger last night. It’s a terrible but ultimately not surprising tale, given the continued lack of self-regulation and the emphasis on profit over safety in the meat industry. coli O157:H7 and other disease-causing microbes from raw meat and poultry. 4): Your article about E.

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Animal Ethics

Niman gives us is to pay attention to the source of meat products and what our mothers always told us: clean your plate. 2, 2009 The writer is dean of the College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences at Kean University. What would the cost of a hamburger at Burger King or McDonald’s be if the meat were to come from Ms.