21.   The district has never had a problem with contaminated meat or poultry, spokeswoman Heather Browne said.

22.   The public has been bombarded for several years by newspaper and television reports about contaminated meat.

23.   The reporter, Meredith Vieira, goes on to accuse the federal Department of Agriculture of not doing enough to protect consumers from contaminated meat.

24.   The Senate narrowly rejected Wednesday an attempt by Democrats to exempt safeguards against contaminated meat from a measure imposing limits on federal regulations.

25.   The USDA has the authority to detain or seize contaminated meat and poultry if a processing company refuses to withdraw its product from the market.

26.   They also have failed to find a connection between the sisters and contaminated meat that was served at Danielsville Elementary School.

27.   Until last year, Soviet officials maintained the outbreak was a natural one originating in contaminated meat.

28.   A panel of British scientists is investigating whether contaminated meat and unlicensed food supplements could be responsible for the spate of positive tests for the steroid nandrolone.

29.   An experimental system for inspecting chicken processors has cut down on contaminated meat and should be expanded nationwide, the Agriculture Department says.

30.   Anthrax can be caught by handling infected animals, eating contaminated meat or breathing in anthrax spores.