Is this NEWS just happening, the recall of the pizzas tainted with E. coli?

Question

Have been internet browsing, but hand't seen this till now:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/generalmills_recall_dc

At this rate, is there anything clean and safe to eat anymore? E. coli is much worse than salmonella, since it is found in "feces", while salmonella bacteria can be quickly killed at high temperature!

Answer 1

Actually, you can kill E. coli at high temperatures, too. Cooking the pizzas above 140ºF will kill off the E. coli and make the food edible. Take into consideration a lot of our foods naturally get germs into them. Milk is a good example. Ever notice how cow udders are near the butt? Cows often poop while being milked, but the milk is still safe for us to drink because PASTEURIZE it.

I'd like a perfect world where poop particles never come anywhere near my food. But the way the world is, poop is all around us. It's in our soil and our environment. When factories don't operate at perfect levels of cleanliness (something we all hope to achieve, but seldom get), problems will arise. We simply have to deal with it by practicing good hygiene, cooking our foods thoroughly, and hope that people catch these problems quickly before they ever cause problems.

Answer 2

Yes the recall is pretty recent.

I don't know where you get that E. coli is much worse than Salmonella. Both E. coli and Salmonella are easily killed by high temperatures (proper cooking) and both are usually spread by the fecal-oral route. Yes, E. coli is normally found in feces but most E. coli is generally harmless. The E. coli involved in the recall is E. coli O157:H7. This is a particularly nasty strain of E. coli.

Answer 3

Look, that's all a myth! E. Coli tainted lettuce indeed!! E.Coli is found in feces. I've grown lettuce for DECADES and have never seen one take a sh!t.