A bacteria-detecting strip encourages companies to use more anti-bacterial toxins on food and that is a very bad thing.
For those unfamiliar with the human microbiome: the gut of a healthy person has 3 pounds of bacteria, of which 85% are "good" bacteria. Scientific research has shown that killing your beneficial gut bacteria (with antibacterial toxins) is linked to a long list of nasty illnesses.
Note that packaged meat in the supermarket already has a anti-bacterial spray of which the law says that it does not have to mentioned on the label.
Or they want it to go bad quickly so you buy more...
Don't bacteria grow more readily in the inside of food rather then the surface due to moisture and what not?