E. coli Recalls

Subscribe to E. coli Recalls via RSS

The Associated Press reports, regarding the Carneco E. coli meat recall, that although Sam’s Club has been pulling the meat off the shelves that it’s possible the sirloin patties may have been sold by other retailers. The probability is that this meat was consumed long ago, although consumers may still have contaminated meat sold by…

“Action comes after 5 get sick” was the headline of a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel yesterday about the Sam’s Club/Carneco Foods recall announced Wednesday. The following products were recalled:
-Six-pound bags of “Northern Plains Beef Sirloin and Beef Patties, 85/15” with a packaging code 17304. Also marked “Best by 12/18/04.”
-Ten-pound boxes of “Northern Plains Gourmet…

The Milwaukee Channel has also reported on E. coli linked to the Sam’s club recall.
From the article:

The investigation into the how the meat was contaminated and how far it has spread was just beginning, said Dr. Harry Hull, Minnesota state epidemiologist.
“There is the potential for this to be much larger,” he said.

…

The Associated Press reported yesterday that Indiana is one of 10 states recalling meat, which is linked to five cases of E. coli infection in Minnesota and Wisconsin. These infections have been linked to frozen ground sirloin patties sold by Sam’s Club and manufactured at a Nebraska plant, which has been the site of two…

A Nebraska firm is recalling about 497,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with a potentially deadly strain of the E.coli bacteria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday.
The recall was prompted by reports of illnesses linked to the consumption of meat produced by Columbus, Nebraska-Carneco Foods, LLC, June 21.
The…

Kelly Scott of the St. Cloud Times reports Richmond grocery store is voluntarily recalling some ground beef sold Thursday and Friday because of a possible E. coli contamination.
The article says:

Plantenberg Food Pride sold the meat in tube packages that weighed about 10 pounds each, owner Tucker Plantenberg said. Each clear, shrink-wrapped tube has a pack date of April 9 on the package. The tubes were sold during a one-day meat sale and no other products were involved.
The meat was bought for sale by the grocery store for its one-day sale, Plantenberg said. He estimated that the store sold about 5,000 pounds of the meat.

Continue Reading Possible E. coli threat prompts area beef recall

A recall occurs when a firm voluntarily removes product (i.e. contaminated meat) from channels of distribution. This is done to protect the public from consuming adulterated products.
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service performs random testing at meat production plants around the US. In an effort to prevent foodborne illness outbreaks, when potentially contaminated meat is identified, FSIS requests the recall of the product from all channels of distribution.Continue Reading What is an FSIS Recall?