The worst E. coli strains create shiga toxin so cooking is not
sufficient since the toxin remains. 0157:H7 is the most dangerous of
the E. coli strains.

Sorry that my schedule has been such that I have not been able to
keep up with these recently:

In

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/2008_news_releases/index.asp

you will find beef from multiple U.S. locations with this problem this
month.

Although not useful in this instance

http://www.fda.gov/opacom/7alerts.html

is also a site to bookmark.

Sukie (not a vet)

Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html

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