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Ground Beef
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Food Safety News
Nationwide ground beef recall after FSIS testing finds E. coli contamination
By News Desk
Lakeside Refrigerated Services of Swedesboro, NJ, is recalling 120,872 pounds of ground beef products because of possible E. coli O103 contamination. The problem was discovered during routine FSIS testing of…
Marler Blog
Fred Meyer, QFC, Albertsons, Walmart, and WinCo ground beef recalled over E. coli test
By Bill Marler
The USDA has announced the recall of nearly 30,000 pounds of ground beef, including Kroger-branded ground beef sold at Fred Meyer and QFC supermarkets, as well as products sold at…
Food Safety News
Consumer Reports issues alert on certain ground beef after finding E. coli O157:H7
By News Desk
UPDATE: On Jan. 6, 2022, the USDA announced the recall of 28,356 pounds of ground beef, including Kroger-branded ground beef sold at Fred Meyer and QFC supermarkets, as well as…
Food Safety News
Scottish survey finds low contamination in ground beef
A survey on ground beef in Scotland has found low levels of Campylobacter, Salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC). The work, funded by Food Standards Scotland, was done in 2019 with 1,009 samples…
Food Poison Journal
A Baker’s Dozen of past Salmonella Outbreaks linked to Ground Turkey and Beef
By Bill Marler
The recent one is the 14th that I have tracked. See latest: 28 Salmonella Hadar illnesses in 12 states linked to ground turkey So, explain to me why Salmonella in…
Food Poison Journal
E. coli O103 illnesses in Tennessee prompt Ground Beef Recall
By Bill Marler
K2D Foods, doing business as (DBA) Colorado Premium Foods, a Carrolton, Ga. establishment, is recalling approximately 113,424 pounds of raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O103, the…
E. coli Blog
Ground Beef Recalled due to E. coli
By Bill Marler
La Rosita Fresh Market Inc., a Mt. Prospect, Ill. retail store, is recalling approximately 54 pounds of raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the…
Food Poison Journal
53,200 and 113,424 pounds of raw ground beef products recalled in E. coli O103 Outbreak – more recalls likely
By Bill Marler
As of this week, a total of 156 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O103 have been reported from 10 states – Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky,…
Marler Blog
2nd Recall of Beef in Multistate E. coli O103 Outbreak – Link with 1st Recall Unclear
By Bill Marler
Link between two producers of meat and the recalls unclear (How are the two connected? Presumably a common supplier?) except that both recalls were prompted by positive E. coli O103…
Food Safety News
Beach Beat: What’s in a name? Beef — drop the mic and label the hamburger
By Coral Beach
Opinion There’s a new ground beef in town. Its proud father is working to make sure folks know it for what it is. Ground beef. The father? Eldon Roth. As…