This one is the really bad strain of E. coli so ***cooking is NOT sufficient***, unlike some other food borne pathogens like salmonella. [See post below too. BIG] <http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/beef_recall_usda_dc;_ylt=AunmUavlHaO8Qz1bASPCIbms0NUE> QUOTED SEGMENTS: The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday said Omaha meat packing company Nebraska Beef Ltd is recalling 1.2 million pounds of beef because it may be contaminated with a particularly dangerous strain of E. coli. ... The recall is "Class 1," meaning there is a "reasonable probability" that eating the beef "will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death," the USDA said. It is the most dangerous level of the three classes of recall. END QUOTED SEGMENTS This is a separate recall from the huge one this meat supplier recently had which sickened so very many. E. coli O157:H7, the strain in this beef, has sickened and killed both domestic ferrets and BFFs. Furthermore, two studies show clearly that it often causes lasting kidney damage in those ferrets who survive the infection, creating chronic kidney disease. 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 [Posted in FML 6060]