William Marler, Herwig’s attorney, said in a statement that “meat suppliers must keep their focus on preventing contamination from happening.”
A Minnesota woman who became ill and was hospitalized after eating beef linked to an E. coli outbreak has sued the companies that produced and sold the meat, claiming they acted with negligence. Anne Herwig
It is good to see that CNN will be airing Dr. Gupta’s show in our Nation’s classrooms over the next few weeks. My only thought is that the focus is primarily of the “leafy green industry,” when given the red meat recalls and illnesses over the last several weeks, we should be once again focusing
Ten Arizona grocery stores are identified as having sold recalled ground beef that have been contaminated with E. coli. Beef also shipped to, and people sickened in, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
The beef, distributed by California-based United Food Group LLC, has been blamed for an E.
Several months ago during the height of the Spinach and Lettuce E. coli outbreaks I posted – I agree with the American Meat Institute? My point was that I believed that the AMI and the beef industry had in fact turned a significant corner in food safety. In fact I wrote:
J. Patrick Boyle, President
I spoke with Tonya Mosley of our local NBC station this morning (See Video):
The recalled meat is no longer on store shelves.
SEATTLE – Attorney Bill Marler specializes in food safety cases, and the recent recall of 5.7 million pounds of meat has opened his eyes. “What’s happening right now is very
In August 2002, I wrote an Op-ed for the Denver Post entitled “Put me out of business – please.” That summer, the now infamous ConAgra case, started with a few sick kids in Colorado and quickly spread coast-to-coast, eventually triggering the recall of over 19,000,000 pounds of ground beef tainted with E. coli O157:H7. I
I had a quick chat with Steve Bjerklie of Meat and Poultry News Thursday afternoon while I was stuck in Minneapolis after meeting with several victims of the recent E. coli outbreaks, illnesses and recalls. Now that the recalls are topping over 5,000,000 (yes, that is 5 Million) pounds of hamburger and other red meat,
This is a CLASS I RECALL. Class I – This is a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.
United Food Group, LLC, a Vernon, Calif., establishment, is voluntarily expanding its June 3 and 6 recalls to include a total of approximately 5.7 million pounds of both fresh and frozen ground beef products produced between April 6 and April 20 (the largest recall since 2002) because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.
The recall is being expanded out of an abundance of caution following a positive test of fresh ground beef subject to this recall provided by a patient in Arizona. This tested product was sold under a major grocery store label, as opposed to a pre-packaged chub shipped from the recalling firm.
An investigation carried out by the California Department of Health Services and the Colorado Department of Health, in coordination with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, preceded the recall of June 3. Illnesses occurred in Arizona (6), California (3), Colorado (2), Idaho (1), Utah (1) and Wyoming (1). Illness onset dates ranged between April 25 and May 18.
Based on product shelf life, fresh beef products produced on April 20 would no longer have been sold in grocery stores after May 11. Fresh beef produced before April 20 and would have been unavailable in stores even earlier. However, these products could be in consumers’ freezers and it is important that consumers look for and return these products if they find them.
The fresh and frozen ground beef products subject to recall were produced between April 6 and April 20 and were shipped to retail stores in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
In addition to specific products bearing labels from the manufacturer, some fresh ground beef, from 73 percent lean to 96 percent lean, was shipped in bulk and sold under different retail brand names. Several types of fresh ground beef patties, from 6.25 ounces to 7.25 ounces, were also shipped to retailers and sold under retail brand names. Consumers in the states of distribution should check with their local retailers to determine whether they may have purchased any of the products subject to recall that were marketed in this way.
The labels of the products subject to recall bear the establishment number “EST. 1241” inside the USDA mark of inspection or printed on the package. All of the products bear a use-by/sell-by date between “APR/15/07” and “May/07/07,” a freeze-by date between “APR/23/07” and “May/07/07,” or a production date between “APR/06/07” and “APR/20/07.” The frozen ground beef patty products bear a sell-by date between “08/06/07” and “01/20/08.” [View Labels, PDF Only]
The following FRESH ground beef products are subject to recall:Continue Reading United Food Group Expands Recall of 5.7 million pounds of Ground Beef for E. coli O157:H7 Contamination. Illnesses occurred in Arizona (6), California (3), Colorado (2), Idaho (1), Utah (1) and Wyoming (1)
Ben McNeely of the Independent Tribune reported that now seven cases of E. coli have been confirmed by area hospitals. The outbreak centers around Captain’s Galley Seafood Restaurant on Main Street in China Grove. Rowan and Cabarrus health officials said the common thread in all the patients is that they ate at the restaurant between
The Fresno Health Department says that tests have confirmed that E. coli outbreak has come from cooked meat at “The Grill” at the Meat Market in Northwest Fresno. 27 people were sickened from different events on May 18 and May 19th. Tests on leftovers have confirmed a viral strain of E. coli was present in
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