will cooking beef well done kill the ANTHRAX virus? Will vinegar kill the virus? If not what will?

-- Toni Turner (aavla41@netscape.net), October 30, 2001

Answers

anthrax is caused by a bacteria (Bacillus anthracis). thank god it isn't a virus! the cdc (center for disease control) website says that eating poorly cooked meat from an infected animal can lead to gastronintestinal anthrax, so I guess that implies that if it's cooked well, then it's ok. If they are your animals, and you butchered them, though, there would probably be a good chance of you getting it, no matter how well you cooked the meat.

-- Elizabeth (lividia66@aol.com), October 30, 2001.

anthrax is found naturally in/near rotting flesh,, so dont eat rotting meat, dispose of the carcus quickly,household bleach kills if very effeectively

-- stan (sopal@net-port.com), October 31, 2001.

What if it is in beef that was not caught before going to slaughter? There is a story that supposedly mentions 28 cattle dying of anthrax in CA, but they do not think it is terrorist related. http://www.rense.com/general16/anthh.htm Even if this is not true... what about those naturally occuring anthrax spores that are ingested by a living animal right before slaughter? I would guess they are tested right?

-- notnow (notnow05@yahoo.com), October 31, 2001.

There are anthrax outbreaks,in livestock, every year. I've heard of them in most of the cattle states--California, Texas, Montana, etc..

-- Irish (zumende@aol.com), October 31, 2001.

set eh oven to broil,, and you will be fine

-- stan (sopal@net-port.com), October 31, 2001.

The splendidly laconic reaction of Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) to the attack on the Senate: "Being from a rural area, we deal with anthrax on a fairly regular basis. I think we've got to guard against overreaction here."

-- Joe (CactusJoe001@AOL.com), October 31, 2001.

The story of the cows in california is true, happend in santa clara county.

-- kathy h (ckhart55@earthlink.net), November 01, 2001.