Originally Posted by elchivito

And most folks have no idea which parts, or how many different steers their "ground Angus sirloin" came from. It's hard to believe but true that a single burger made from grocery store beef may be made up of meat from many different steers from different places, handled by god knows how many different people.
If one has to buy beef in the grocery store, safer, cheaper and better tasting ground beef can be had by watching for roasts to go on sale and asking the "butcher" to grind them for you. Most stores do it at no charge. Cross rib roasts are my favorite grind.