From: Randall Parker 

He's talking about how salmonella is on chicken. Prions are a different matter. But
most of the rest of food safety really is under our own control.

As for prions and danger: Stanley Prusiner can not even say that standard mad cow
prions can cause disease in humans. There may be no threat at all. We are talking
about a hypothetical here.

Phil Payne wrote:
>>>Oh give me a break Randall, you can't even touch raw chicken and then not
>>>wash your hands, they don't give a shit about public well being
or quality
>>>of the food supply, all they care about is the bottom line and
how much they
>>>can NOT do in order to make a few extra bucks. It could cost
1/10th what it
>>>costs to test and they still wouldn't do it unless forced into it.
>>
>>Geo, the problem is that people are not careful with their own food
preparation. I do
>>not see this as an industry problem.
>
>
> You cannot "kill" prions by cooking.
>

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