Food safety demands inner cleanliness for bullocks
A few years ago, producers were putting their lives at risk clipping the dirty hides of lively 600 kg beef cattle. They were following these dangerous rodeo hair-cutting routines because of the factory clampdown on dirty hides.
It's not so big an issue since cattle got scarcer. But it hasn't gone away, said Dr Jim Sheridan of the National Food Centre, at Teagasc's International Food Conference. He revealed that the farm is still recognised as the primary source of dangerous bacteria on fresh meat.
