Is it any surprise that under the Bush administration’s policies of “self regulation”, that companies would abandon health and safety inspections?

In the months before issuing a massive recall of its frozen hamburgers, Topps Meat Co. curtailed testing of ground beef and skipped other safeguards aimed at preventing contaminated meat from reaching consumers, according to a published report Tuesday.

It may be safer to buy your meat as steaks, and grind it at home…At least then, you can be reasonably certain that you are not getting cow anus in the mix.