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Thread #94087 Message #1817568
Posted By: GUEST
23-Aug-06 - 11:34 PM
Thread Name: BS: Viruses to be added to your food
Subject: BS: Viruses to be added to your food
WASHINGTON Aug 18, 2006 (AP)— A mix of bacteria-killing viruses can be safely sprayed on cold cuts, hot dogs and sausages to combat common microbes that kill hundreds of people a year, federal health officials said Friday in granting the first-ever approval of viruses as a food additive....
Consumers WON'T BE AWARE that meat and poultry products have been treated with the spray, Zajac added. The Department of Agriculture will regulate the actual use of the product....