Saturday, January 17, 2004

Meat production Posted here Saturday, January 17, 2004 at 7:12:02 PM     Realities Cattle Futures? By MICHAEL POLLAN Published: January 11, 2004 t's hard to say whether an American hamburger was appreciably less safe to eat the day after a Holstein cow tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Washington State last month than it was the day before, but it had sure gotten less appetizing. The news cracked open a door on the industrial kitchen where America's meat is prepared, and what we glimpsed on the other side was enough to send even the heartiest diner to the vegetarian entree or the fish special. ********