Stop blaming the sprouts, cukes, lettuce and others!

In, E. Coli: Blame the Meat, Not the Sprouts, a recent article in the Huffington Post, Dr. David Katz explains to us that, while the exact origin of the recent E. coli outbreak in Europe is still unknown, his advice is:

Don't blame the beans, broccoli, peas, chickpeas, garlic, lentils, mung beans or radishes, either, although all of these crops are currently the focus of ongoing investigation. In fact, I encourage a "not guilty" verdict for the entire plant kingdom.

Instead, he would have the investigation forcus on the actual origins of E. coli:

Because we eat quite a lot of meat, quite a lot of meat must be produced. Large-volume meat production means large farms, large herds, and large, centralized, highly efficient processing plants. At best, this all translates into relative neglect of any individual steer, and a relative inability to inspect the quality of every steak. At worst, it offers reminders of the "jungle" to which Upton Sinclair introduced us all at the turn of the 20th century.

And it means feed animals are raised as an industrial commodity, rather than as creatures. Their natural diets are disregarded, and they are fed whatever leads to the fastest growth and greatest profit. The origins of E. coli 0157H7 are not mysterious; they relate to changes in the feed of cattle.

Once again distraction is at play. Just as in all the other E. Coli outbreaks investigators at first look everywhere else except to the source.  And we all know that the source is corn fed, corn finished antibiotic laden cattle

Wake UP world.