You didn't think this week was going to go by without a food recall notice, did you?
Topps Meat Company is recalling over 331,000 pounds of frozen hamburger because of E. coli concerns. Six people have gotten sick from the contamination, and three of them had to be hospitalized.
The patties were distributed under several different names and several different box sizes and dates. Here's a complete list of the recalled items from the USDA.
9-27-2007 @10:30AM jsmylie said... Sheesh. How does this happen, and why is it happening so often lately? First spinach, then salads, and now this--finally the meat-eaters are targeted.
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9-27-2007 @12:21PM MJ said... Dang grind your own and make it your self! this and the Dole sald mix has me wondering..............Does everything have..........in it? LOL
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9-27-2007 @1:56PM Akamila said... E. coli ends up in meat because of the way factory-farmed cows are slaughtered. The intestines (full of feces) are very often cut in the process, showering the raw meat in excrement. E. coli contimination is rampant in factory farms. The spinach farms in California that were the source of E. coli contimination are situated next to huge feed lots. Feed lots are confined areas where an overpopulation of cows are kept before slaughter. The unhealthy conditions breed disease (hence all the antibiotic use) and are notorious for E. coli. Unless you watched your meat be slaughtered (or know your butcher) you can be sure you're eating feces with every bite. Read "Fast Food Nation" if you want more information about the current state of industrial food in America.
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9-27-2007 @6:06PM Mike G said... This is what happens when you have a deliberately-made-toothless FDA run by a business-profits-cozy government with a no-oversight, "Industry can regulate itself" ideology.
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10-02-2007 @12:21AM Dodo said... what.. you think companies want to be on the news for E. coli in their products? lol
Stop blowing things out of proportion...
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