More hamburger recalled:

Recall Release CLASS I RECALL
FSIS-RC-048-2007 HEALTH RISK: HIGH

Del-Mar Provision Co., Inc., a Buffalo, N.Y., firm, is voluntarily recalling approximately 50 pounds of ground beef products 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 product subject to recall is:

* 10-pound poly bags of "GROUND BEEF."

Each bag bears the establishment number "Est. 2759" inside the USDA mark of inspection and a date code of "296." The ground beef products subject to recall were produced on Oct. 23, 2007, and distributed to a Buffalo area restaurant (not named).

For a good discussion of why we are seeing so many recalls and illnesses:

Why is E. coli making a comeback? – USDA’s lack of teeth, industry’s ‘lazy’ practices to blame for outbreaks