To all the reasons for heart & cancer patients to be carefull with force fed, antibiotic -estrogen-omega-6 laden beef here is a new worry with the approval in the US of virus spraying of meat for protection against bacteria:
http://mercola.com/2006/sep/7/fda_ap...meats_safe.htm
FDA Approves a Spray-on Virus to Keep Processed Meats ''Safe''
And those beef eaters relying on the better quality meat from free ranging grass
fed cattle may loose that advantage if proposed regulation by the US department of agriculture are adopted relaxing current rules:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...&sn=003&sc=737
Ranchers Decry Grass-Fed Beef Rule Plan