Healthy BBQ: Over Cook Those Burgers This Summer

  • 8 years ago
Fire up the grill this summer, then turn it up a little bit more. Yes you heard correct, your favorite summer burger might not be E. coli-free according to researchers at the University of Alberta. They've been heating up strains of E. coli that originated from meat processing plants. Their findings, first reported by the Edmonton Journal, will make you want to leave your burgers on the grill longer than usual. The study determined that ground beef, might not be completely E. coli-free at 160 degrees Fahrenheit, which is the recommended minimum cooking temperature in both the U.S. and Canada.at the