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I don't eat red meat, but lots of people do. So this is important. Meat and animal poop are big spreaders of E. coli. That's why the USDA will expand testing on meat used to make ground beef.

It's a good idea. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claim an estimated 76 million people in the United States fall ill from food-borne illness each year. 5,000 don't survive. Scary stuff.

Between 1996 and 2005, the average annual cost of medical expenses not covered by health insurance rose from $427 per American in 1996 to $741 in 2005.