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Ground Beef
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Food Safety News
14 Ill in Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Ground Beef
Fourteen people are confirmed infected with an antibiotic-resistant strain of Salmonella in an outbreak that has led to a recall of ground beef from a Northeastern chain of grocery stores.In…
Food Poison Journal
Salmonella Typhimurium in Maine, New York, New Hampshire and Vermont Prompt Hamburger Recall
By Bill Marler
Hannaford, a Scarborough, Maine-based grocery chain, is recalling an undetermined amount of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with a strain of Salmonella Typhimurium, the U.S. Department of…
Food Poison Journal
Where’s the beef? Tyson recall yields little returned product
By Bill Marler
Jeremy Shapiro at the Emporia Gazette says that the retail stores where Tyson's E. coli O157:H7 contaminated ground beef was sold have not gotten much of it back, after Tyson's…
Food Poison Journal
Ohio E. coli outbreak prompts Tyson ground beef recall
By Bill Marler
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc., an Emporia, Kan. establishment, is recalling approximately 131,300 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s…
Food Poison Journal
Ground beef recall due to E. coli O157:H7 contamination
By Bill Marler
In the midst of lawsuits, deaths, and way too many illnesses in the Listeria cantaloupe outbreak, another food safety recall: Palo Duro Meat, an Amarillo, Texas, establishment, is recalling 40,000…
Food Poison Journal
E. coli ground beef recalls 2011
By Bill Marler
Before the summer started, at least two companies had recalled ground beef products due to E. coli O157:H7 contamination in 2011. One was a 3,170 pound ground beef product recall by…
Food Poison Journal
National Beef Packing Recalls 30 Tons of Beef
By Bill Marler
National Beef Packing Co. LLC, a Dodge City, Kan., establishment, was recalling approximately 60,424 pounds (30 tons) of ground beef products that may be adulterated with E. coli O157:H7, the…
Food Poison Journal
E. coli alerts: 18 ill from Oregon strawberries; more cases, and more meat recalled, in Michigan ground beef outbreak
By Bill Marler
It was a busy day in E. coli outbreak news. Oregon now reports two additional cases of E. coli infection in Clatsop County possibly linked to contaminated strawberries, bringing the case…
Food Safety News
Nine E. Coli Cases in Michigan Ground Beef Outbreak
Five confirmed cases and four suspected cases of E. coli O157 infection were reported Wednesday by Michigan officials, the day after the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)…
Food Safety News
Retailers Who Grind, Mix Meat Should Keep Records
In 2007, an outbreak of multidrug-resistant Salmonella Newberg infection that sickened at least 42 people was linked to ground beef sold by Safeway in four western states. The source of…