August 2010

Cargill Meat Solutions Corp., a Wyalusing, Pa. establishment, is recalling approximately 8,500 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O26, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

* 42-pound cases of "GROUND BEEF FINE 90/10," containing three (3) – approximately 14 pound chubs each.

Three local children are believed to have been exposed to Shigatoxin-producing E. coli at the Northwestern Michigan Fair.

Grand Traverse County Health Department officials said the onset of symptoms, including bloody diarrhea, happened between Aug. 15 and 17, about two to four days after the fair wrapped south of Chum’s Corners in Blair Township. All

Valley Meat Company, a Modesto, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately one million pounds of frozen ground beef patties and bulk ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced this morning.

The products subject to recall bear the establishment number "EST.