Re: USDA announces meat recall in 3 states

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Isn't it amazing- they test it the day before it would be pulled off

the shelf anyway! What a waste! And then to 'black-out' the

information about where it may have been sold? Why do we even bother?

My wife and I have dropped meat consumption way down (and NO beef) and

I've lost eight pounds in the last month. I LOVE the Boca Burgers and

Garden burgers, btw.

> USDA announces meat recall in 3 states

>

>

> From: DBC006@...

>

> USDA announces meat recall in 3 states

> CHICAGO, May 5 (UPI)

>

> - The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service has announced the

> recall of

> about 83,000 pounds of ground beef sold in Illinois, Michigan and

Indiana

> that may be tainted with the deadly E. coli bacteria. But state

health

> officials today criticized the federal agency for refusing to

> disclose the

> names of stores or restaurants that might have bought the bad

> beef and sold

> it to the public. State officials say they're frustrated by the

federal

> blackout on what could be life-saving information.

>

> Illinois Department of Health spokeswoman P.J. Burtle-McCredie

> tells today's

> Detroit Free Press the blackout " is one of our frustrations with

> recalls. We

> seem never to be able to find out where the products have gone. " The

> coarse-ground beef was processed and distributed on the wholesale

> level last

> month by Omaha-based All American Meats Inc. It was sold by the case

in

> 10-pound " chubs. " Each chub is stamped with an April 14

> production date, a

> " sell date " of April 28 and the EST number 20420. Federal officials

say a

> sample of the meat taken April 27 was taken to a lab and tested

> positive for

> E. coli on Monday, sparking the recall. When ingested by humans,

> food tainted

> with E. coli can cause abdominal distress, kidney failure and even

death.

>

http://www.medserv.dk/health/1999/05/06/story11.htm

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