Vegetables were included in the school lunches so kids didn't have to pay for ketchup if it was a 'vegetable'.

Curing meat by drying and/or using smoke (WOOD smoke!), sugar, salt, honey kills bacteria and prevents its growth.

Maggots? You got a problem with maggots? They look kinda like little pine nuts or rice grains that move, but I'm sure they have more nutritional value. I couldn't eat them though--I can't eat anything I name.

Just prevent raw-to-cooked cross contamination and cook your burgers. (Oh the horror!) Cooking kills E. coli, period.