Beef Measles
Sir,—Trichinosis is one thing; beef measles is another. The average housewife would find pork too expensive, anyhow. But beef can be one of the most economical meats and compares favourably in price with lamb and hogget. 1 think it is generally accepted that beef is at its best when rare or underdone. Perhaps the Health Department can inform us how well done beef needs to be to counteract the possibility of. infecting our families with tapeworms.— Yours, etc., NEDRA J. JOHNSON. June 17, 1965. [The Medical Officer of Health (Dr. L. F. Jepson) replies: “Tapeworm infection from beef is most commonly caught from eating raw beef in sausages or pastes, but rare or lightly cooked beef cannot be eliminated. The larvae are quickly killed at 131 degrees Fahrenheit or after freezing for a month. Fortunately the cysts are large and easily visible in the beast at carcass inspection. This is not so with trichinosis.”]
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30793, 3 July 1965, Page 14
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