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More Beef Recalled For E. Coli
After Nebraska Beef, Ltd., recalled 531,707 pounds of beef for a possible E.coli contamination, Kroger is recalling beef from its stores and from stores selling beef under its label. The recall includes nearly all kinds and weights of ground beef with Kroger labels sold between 5/21 and 6/08. The sell-by date on them will fall between 5/21 and 6/05. Not included are ground beef in sealed tubes in 1,3, or 5lb sizes, or Frozen Beef Patties or Ground Beef Patties found in the frozen food aisle. Other caveats apply and there may be more updates, check the Kroger Recall page for the latest information. E.coli can cause food poisoning or even death. If you have any of this meat, you can either throw it away or return it to Kroger for a full refund.
Nebraska Firm Recalls Beef Products Due To Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination [USDA]
Ground Beef Recall [Kroger] (Thanks to Kimberley!)
E. Coli Illnesses Prompt Beef Recall [NYT]
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food safety
Spinach Facilities Are Unsafe, Disgusting And The FDA Doesn't Care
If you like spinach you might not want to read a new report from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform called "FDA and Fresh Spinach Safety." More »
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Meat Industry Discovers Consumers' Trust Has Eroded
The meat and poultry industries have learned that if you poison your customers enough times, they'll eventually start losing trust in you—although, oddly, they won't change their purchasing habits. That's the takeaway from a study carried out by Meatingplace.com (snicker) and "its sister publication POULTRY" (ha ha WHERE'S CHRIS HANSON). However, no description of the study is provided other than that Zoomerang.com was used, so we're not sure if the results are at all meaningful. We're just glad the meat industry is starting to notice something's wrong. More »
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Meat Sold In Bulk To Retailers And Distributors Recalled For e. Coli
Meat processed by American Foods Group of Green Bay, WI has been recalled following an investigation by the Illinois Department of Health. The meat was sold in bulk quantities to retailers and distributors and may not be easily identifiable to consumers, says the USDA:The products subject to recall were distributed for further processing and repackaging and will not bear the recalling firm's establishment number on the package. As the use-by date for products subject to this recall may have expired, consumers can contact their retailers to ask if they received any of these products and if so, consumers are urged to look in their freezers for these products and return or discard them if found.More »
new and exciting products
Macy's Contaminated With Giant Furry E. Coli
Here's the perfect gift for your favorite little Consumerist reader! A giant stuffed e. coli bacterium. More »
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E.Coli Meat Just Gets A "Cook-Only" Label Slapped On
It's legal for meat companies to sell meat with food-poisoning bacterium E. coli on it, as long it's labeled "cook-only." The result, say anonymous USDA inspectors speaking with the Chicago Tribune, is higher levels of E. coli are tolerated in the plants. More »
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Cargill Recalls 1 Million Pounds Of Tainted Beef
Agribusiness monster Cargill is recalling 1 million pounds of beef that may be contaminated with E. coli. The potentially tainted meat was butchered between October 8 and October 11 at the "Cargill Meat Solutions" slaughterhouse in Wyalusing, PA. According to Cargill, there have been no reports of illness. After the jump, the long list of recalled products. More »
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Oh no! There are holes in the freezer section of our nation's grocery stores! Where did all the Totino's and Jeno's pizzas go?
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Video Clip: More Coverage Of The Great Frozen Pizza Recall Of 2007
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USDA Recalls Totino's, Jeno's Delicious E. Coli Flavored Pizzas
Yesterday the USDA recalled several types of both Totino's and Jeno's meat pizzas because they are tainted with e. coli. E. coli bacteria is not destroyed by freezing, so you'll want to avoid eating these pizzas. The USDA considers this a Class I recall, which is defined as "a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death." More »
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USDA Says Defunct Canadian Meatpacker Was Source Of Recent E.coli Beef Contaminations
The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service has used "DNA fingerprints" to trace the source of recent U.S. outbreaks of contaminated beef back to one shoddy supplier in Alberta, Canada. The company most likely responsible is Rancher's Beef, Ltd, which went out of business on August 15th, but not before helping sink Topps and contributing to nearly 100 illnesses in the U.S. and Canada. More »
Blue Ribbons Meats in Florida is recalling over 8,000 pounds of "seasoned beef and meatloaf" frozen patties due to suspected E.coli contamination, although no illnesses have been reported yet. The patties were shipped to a Florida correctional institution and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This is the fifth E.coli-related recall this month. [Reuters]
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A Bunch Of Groups Compromise On State Meat Inspections
From the "boring but important" category of meat-related news, the Consumer Federation of America has joined with other advocacy groups as well as union and labor groups, under the assistance of men and women in Congress, to work out a compromise in response to July's ill-conceived attempt by Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson to do away with the federal inspections requirement for interstate meat sales. The new plan augments Peterson's measure in a way that ensures state-inspection procedures meet or exceed federal ones. More »
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USDA Food Inspector Calls Job "Just A Joke"
An article in the Chicago Tribune takes yet another look at our broken food safety system, declaring that a USDA Food Inspector's job is now less about inspecting meat and more about inspecting paperwork.After the Jack in the Box case, the USDA required each meat plant to adopt a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point plan. The plans let companies design their own food safety measures, usually around the need to process beef quickly.More »
nutrition
Doctor To U.S.: "We Need To Eat More Feces"
Americans should have more poop in their diets, writes a doctor at Slate. Like superbugs and anti-bacterial products, we've become too successful at cleansing our food supply of all manner of contaminants—so that kids, for example, "have zero experience with routine gut infections, and when they encounter one that has slipped past our pipes and filters, the result can be catastrophic." More »
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E.Coli Kills Topps Meat Company
Seventeen days after Topps launched the second largest meat recall in U.S. history, the 67-year-old company announced that it's going out of business. Topp's COO told American Agriculturist:"In one week we have gone from the largest U.S. manufacturer of frozen hamburgers to a company that cannot overcome the economic reality of a recall this large... We want to thank our loyal employees and customers who have supported us throughout the 67 years in which Topps Meat has been in business," D'Urso said. "Topps has always prided itself on providing the utmost quality and safety and never had a recall in our history until now. This has been a shocking and sobering experience for everyone."More »
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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Walmart, Pathmark, Topps Meat For Selling E. Coli Tainted Beef
28 people in 8 states have fallen ill due to e. coli exposure from Topps frozen hamburgers and now a class action lawsuit has been filed against the meat processor and several grocery stores who sold the product. 10 people have been hospitalized. One has hemolytic-uremic syndrome, which causes kidney failure. More »
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