"e. coli" news and stories

A disturbing and powerful report on contaminated meat has garnered Michael Moss and members of the New York Times staff a Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting.

Smith told the story of 23 year old Stephanie Smith, who nearly died after eating a hamburger riddled with E. coli that was manufactured by Cargill Inc. The former dancer is now paralyzed from the waist down and will need a kidney transplant sometime in the future.

It's a new new year, but the same problems persist.

Rochester Meat Company has recalled over 180,000 pounds of beef that was distributed over the past couple of months. A teenage girl in California got sick from e. coli back in December and four other people in Wisconsin may have gotten sick from the meat as well.

The beef was distributed to restaurants and other food service outlets, and officials are still trying to contact all of the places that received the meat to tell them of the recall, which was announced on January 12. Attorneys want the names of the establishments that received the beef to be named along with the Rochester Meat Company.

Another beef recall to tell you about. This one is from American Foods Group.

The company has recalled 96,000 pounds of beef chuck, chop beef, and sirloin. Two people have gotten sick from possible E.coli, so the company has recalled beef distributed to stores in Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Here's a full list of the products recalled and what consumers should do.

Cargill isn't having a good fall. A month after recalling 840,000 pounds of beef because of E. coli contamination, the company is again recalling beef. This time it's one million pounds of beef distributed to Stop & Shop, Giant, Weis, and Wegman supermarkets. The states involved include Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Virginia.

Here is the info for this particular recall. If you have any questions, consumers are urged to call Cargill at 877-455-1034.

Pot pies and spinach are one thing, but this is pizza we're talking about!

General Mills is recalling 5 million boxes of its Tostino's and Jeno's frozen pepperoni pizzas because of possible E. coli. The pepperoni actually came from a third party. The recall is for pepperoni pizzas produced since July. So far, 21 cases of illness have been reported. Four of the customers actually have some sort of kidney failure (!), but no E. coli has been officially found at the General Mills plant.

Here is the info on the recall.