11.   Public concern has peaked in recent months amid worries that contaminated meat is being sold and eaten.

12.   People get the disease through skin exposure to the spores, by ingesting contaminated meat, or by inhaling the spores.

13.   Probably the time to worry about contaminated meat is if testing forms are signed by inspector E. Coli.

14.   Salmonella bacteria commonly infect animals and poultry, and people can contract infections from contaminated raw meat, poultry, eggs, water, kitchen surfaces, and utensils.

15.   Should your husband ingest contaminated meat, the acids in his stomach will destroy this virus.

16.   Some scientists suspect that the new illness is a variation of the animal disease, which may be transferred to humans from contaminated meat.

17.   Specific diseases and the number of cases of each believed to be associated with eating contaminated meat and poultry follow.

18.   The bill would permit the Agriculture Department to recall contaminated meat.

19.   The company has said it will destroy any contaminated meat.

20.   The consumer groups would like the regulations to be strengthened to include tougher enforcement provisions and a method for tracing contaminated meat back to the farm.