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The American Meat Institute noted in a statement that bacteria on meat and poultry products are declining.
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Patrick Boyle, president and CEO of the American Meat Institute, told King that the stories of people sickened or killed by E. coli infection are tragic, but there is a wider context.
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The American Meat Institute, meanwhile, has created www.meatsafety.org to answer questions about BSE and beef safety, as well as facts about lean finely textured beef, which of course, earned the nickname pink slime.
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And NO amount of processed meat is considered safe to eat, according to the American Institute for Cancer Research.
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