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Also, just a thought -
I am not sure if people generally keep their freezers down to 0 F,
anyway. I have never checked my own. Another reason I am
wondering is because I think I was once told that being in the freezer doesn't
even necessarily inactivate the microbes, but merely slows them down. I
assume, based on the information below, that maybe that is because the freezers
aren't as low as 0.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 5:02
PM
Subject: Re: raw food
Just for the record though - freezing does not kill parasites. This
according to the USDA Safe Food Handling Fact Sheet:
Does Freezing Destroy Bacteria &
Parasites?
Freezing to 0 °F inactivates any microbes -- bacteria,
yeasts and molds - - present in food. Once thawed, however, these microbes can
again become active, multiplying under the right conditions to levels that can
lead to foodborne illness. Since they will then grow at about the same rate as
microorganisms on fresh food, you must handle thawed items as you would any
perishable food.
Trichina and other parasites can be destroyed by
sub-zero freezing temperatures. However, very strict government-supervised
conditions must be met. It is not recommended to rely on home freezing to
destroy trichina. Thorough cooking will destroy all parasites.
Even if it's parasite free - if kitty doesn't scarf it down and it sits
there - it's going to get nasty.
I'm not at all against Raw - nor am I debating it's nutritional value.
Cats have eaten raw in the wild for years. They've also gotten a
lot of parasites from it in the wild and have a considerably shorter life
span. It's just something to think about and I'm sure all of us want all
the info we can get.
In a message dated 6/20/2006 1:02:38 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Most meat that you buy in the grocery is totally frozen when it get to
the market so I don't think that is a real issue. Even the locker I
buy my meat at, the poultry is frozen solid. I think you need to be
smart when feeding your animal any diet. you can also get
just as much if not more bacteria from kibble or canned as from raw.
Before anyone just goes out and starts feeding any diet they need to
read all they can on both sides of the issue and decide for
themselves.
if any of you would like websites for raw diets or book titles, please
e-mail me on the private side and I'll be happy to help you out.
I just don't like to see false information out there.
Kiley Dozier-Bosanko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
The
argument I've heard agaisnt raw food, is not about the nutritional value
of a raw meat diet, it's the fact that poultry produced in the US is
not
intended for raw consumption, it's not kept cold enough or
thoroughly
screened for parasytes, because producers assume it will be
cooked. I just
wonder if maybe it's worth that risk in order to feed
my kitties a great
diet that they love, or not because they are
already compromised. Also as
much as I hear about parasytes being a
major issue, I've never heard of an
actual pet getting them from raw
food.
From: Belinda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To:
felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject:
Re: raw food
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 06:27:35 -0700
I personally
am still not 100% sure about raw food. You get the argument
that this
is what cats eat in the wild, well like it or not, they aren't
wild
anymore and have under gone changes due to years of being
domesticated.
So, I can only go by my own experience and ours was
good, no problems with
parasites.
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