A lawsuit has been filed against PM Beef Holdings, LLC and Lund Food Holdings, Inc., the producer and retailer who sold E. coli-contaminated ground beef traced to an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in Minnesota and Wisconsin residents in April, 2007.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a Minneapolis, Minnesota, woman who became
The latest technology allowed scientists at the Colorado Department of Health and Environment to link a pair of illnesses in Denver to the same E. coli pathogen sickening several people in California.
The Colorado scientists used an international computer database called PulseNet, created by officials who track illnesses.
"We then saw 11 cases with the
State laboratory tests have found that 11 people became ill with E. coli infection after eating tri-tip from The Grill at the Meat Market – including a man who is hospitalized with kidney problems.
Earlier tests conducted by Fresno County health officials found that 27 people, including the 11, had E. coli infections, which can
United Food Group, LLC, of Vernon, California, is voluntarily expanding its prior 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 because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
The recall is being expanded out of an
Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., a Sherman, Texas, establishment, is voluntarily recalling approximately 40,440 pounds of ground beef products due to possible contamination with E. coli O157:H7, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today. The products subject to recall include:
The ongoing recall of potentially E. coli-contaminated ground beef products produced by United Food Group has affected numerous stores nationwide.
The ground beed was carried by Albertson’s, Basha’s, Grocery Outlet, Fry’s, "R" Ranch Markets, Sam’s Club, Save-A-Lot, Save-Mart, Scolari’s Wholesale Markets, Smart and Final, Smith’s, Stater Bros. and Superior Warehouse Club supermarkets.
The meat
Safeway is voluntarily recalling several fresh ground beef products sold at its Arizona stores because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The products have sell-by dates of April 20, 2007 through May 1, 2007.
The recall is in response to United Food Group LLC’s extended recall of 370,000 pounds of ground beef.
Four cases of E. coli infections have been identified by Arizona health officials as possibly linked to beef that a California meatpacking company recalled Monday.
The beef was processed by United Food Group LLC of Vernon, Ca. and shipped to retail distribution centers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon and Utah. It was sold at Albertsons
The California State Senate became the first legislative body in the nation to recognize the unique risk posed by leafy greens when it approved Senate bills that enact food safety reforms.
Senate Bill 200 gives the Department of Health Services the authority to recall or destroy produce which may pose a threat to the public.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have announced that the incidence of E. coli O157:H7 infection traced to ground beef products had significantly declined. CDC attributed the decline to the implementation of a new set of recommendations from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service in 2002 and the beef industry’s subsequent enhancement of