True! But the big plants aren't immune either -- they just clean up and go back to work when it happens; the little shops just can't survive that kind of event. Hardly a month goes by when one of the big meat distributors doesn't recall 100,000 pounds or so of contaminated meat. Yuck. It always seems to be pre-made hamburger patties, too.

My Mom lives in rural, rural, RURAL Alabama. The meat at her local grocery store is tinged kinda... green... She survives by subscribing to one of those door-to-door frozen meat delivery plans. 100 pounds of chicken or beef at a time!