"I think there is a world of difference between e-coli which is found
naturally in the gut of beef cattle and that introduced to the feed of bees.
Beef is normally cooked, honey is not."

I don't disagree with this, but feed lot fed beef has a MUCH higher E. coli 
levels making contamination virtually unavoidable.  Although, admittedly not 
having read the entire article, honey contmination, to a point, is possible, 
but the shere numbers of E. coli required to infect are less likely to be 
present in honey, more likely on a level similar to Botulinum toxin which 
makes it not suitable for babies under one year.   Perhaps this is not an 
Apples to Apples arguement, it was more to make the point that as a 
population, we don't look at labels nor do we seem to care about what goes 
into our food, for the most part.

Coleene

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