ground beef e coli
E. coli Outbreak Tracing Problem Haunts Schools
A USDA public meeting today in Washington, D.C., will focus on how to quickly identify suppliers of source material in products testing positive for E. coli O157:H7.
Such tracing difficulties have created a huge gap in food safety and participants in today’s meeting have a very…
864,000 Pounds of Ground Beef Recalled in California
A California meat processor with an E. coli O157:H7 problem has recalled 864,000 pounds of ground beef sold to restaurants, hotels and distributors in California between Feb. 19- May 15, 2008, and between Jan. 5-15.
The ground beef E. coli at Huntington Meat Packing Inc. was…
Ground Beef E coli Detected by School Lunch Program
A screen for E. coli O157:H7 in raw hamburger and a similar screen for Salmonella used by the national school lunch program has led to changes in the way the USDA is treating a major supplier of ground beef.
In 2007, USDA exempted South Dakota-based…
Vaccines Hold Promise for E coli Abatement
Food safety officials believe the U.S. beef industry may be on the cusp of an important change that may reduce E. coli O157:H7 in the meat supply, but not wipe it out.
A recent New York Times story by reporter William Neuman says…
E coli Ground Beef Recalled from Restaurant
Fairbury Steaks Inc. of Fairbury, Nebraska, is recalling 90 pounds of fresh ground beef that it made Monday and distributed to a restaurant in Ruskin, Nebraska. The name of the restaurant was not published.
That’s the report in a ground beef…
Rhode Island E coli Lawsuit Is 2nd from Outbreak
The family of an 11-year-old girl from Lincoln, Rhode Island, has filed a ground beef E. coli lawsuit against the company that supplied fresh hamburger meat to the Camp Bournedale nature camp in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
According to the suit filed late…
Fairbank Farm E. coli Recall Widens to More Stores
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has expanded the list of retailers involved in the Fairbank Farms ground beef recall. The ground beef E. coli outbreak has resulted in two deaths, about two dozen confirmed illnesses and the recall…
CDC Reports on Fairbank Ground Beef Outbreak
Here is the official statement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the current Fairbank ground beef E. coli O157:H7 outbreak, which is more widespread than originally reported — though still concentrated in New England. If you have…
Ground Beef E. coli Recall in 10 Eastern States
More states than originally thought were on the receiving end of potentially contaminated ground beef shipments from Fairbank Farms. Federal officials have associated fresh ground beef from the company with an active E. coli ground beef outbreak in New England.
After tests confirmed the presence…
New England Ground Beef E. coli Outbreak and Recall Affecting MA ME CT Trader Joes Shaws Price Chopper BJs
A New England ground beef E. coli outbreak has been confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and linked to ground beef produced by Fairbanks Farms and sold through Trader Joes, Price Chopper, Shaw’s, BJ’s, Lancaster and Wild Harvest,…
