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Recall Alert: About 40,000 Lbs of Ground Beef in California, New York
By Mara Gay - Politics DailyThe U.S. Department of Agriculture has recalled nearly 40,000 pounds of ground beef in the past two days. Inspectors fear that 35,000 pounds of beef sent to stores in California and 3,700 pounds of beef in the New York area may be contaminated with E. coli. What exactly is being recalled? It's 35,000 pounds of ground beef from the South Gate Meat Co., a meat distributor in Southern California, and 3,700 pounds of ground beef from Crown I Enterprises Inc. on New York's Long Island. Why? Inspectors found E. coli bacteria in the meat, and the USDA has classified both recalls as Class I ...
Meat Recall Expands Due to E. Coli Fear
By not in system - AOL NewsMONTEBELLO, Calif. (Feb. 14) - A Southern California meatpacking firm has significantly expanded its recall of ground beef and veal that might be contaminated with E. coli. The recall includes approximately 4.9 million additional pounds of products by Huntington Meat Packing Inc. under the Huntington, Imperial Meat Co. and El Rancho brands, the Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Friday. The original recall was announced Jan. 18 and was for 864,000 pounds of meat. E. coli is a potentially deadly germ that can cause bloody diarrhea, dehydration and, in severe ...
Tainted Burgers: Plenty to Chew On
By Joann M. Weiner - Politics DailyHow should the government react to evidence that it is not properly protecting its citizens against outbreaks of E. coli? To start, the U.S. may wish to review how the United Kingdom responded to an outbreak of mad cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalophy, or BSE) more than a decade ago. ...
Can You Trust Your Burger?
By Domenica Marchetti - Politics DailyWith the exception of the vegetarians among us, most of us love to sink our teeth into a big, juicy, beef burger now and then. Perhaps we are satisfying some primal desire when we do this. Apparently, we may also taking a big gamble with our health. On Sunday, the New York Times ran a front-page, above-the-fold story about a 22-year-old dance instructor named Stephanie Smith who suffered severe E. coli poisoning in 2007 after eating a hamburger that her mother had grilled. According to the story, the food poisoning "ravaged her nervous system and left her paralyzed." It's unlikely that she ...
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