Some 390 tons of U.S. ground beef recalled

[OhioChick]

Source: Reuters

Mon Jan 18, 4:46 pm ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Some 390 tons of ground beef produced by a California meat packer, some of it nearly two years ago, is being recalled for fear of potentially deadly E. coli bacterium tainting, U.S. officials said on Monday.

The beef was produced by Huntington Meat Packing Inc of Montebello, California, and shipped mainly to California outlets, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's food safety arm said.

An initial problem, in ground beef shipped by the plant from January 5 to January 15, was discovered during a regular safety check, the Food Safety and Inspection Service said.

It said it had received no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of the recalled products.

During a follow-up review of the company's records, government inspectors determined additional products produced and shipped in 2008 to be of concern because they may have been contaminated with E.coli, the service said in a notice on its web site.

This batch was produced from February 19, 2008, to May 15, 2008. It also had been shipped to distribution centers, restaurants and hotels within California, the notice said.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100118/us_nm/us_beef_recall_usa

[hedgehog]

1. When some of this bad meat was shipped, there are children who are walking and talking

who hadn't been born yet.

[Auggie]

2. It's possible someone is selling ground beef that's been frozen for two years???

:wow:

[Hulk]

3. That's one big, juicy hamburger!

What ever happened to the small cattle farmer?

Too big to fail, fails again.

[Renew Deal]

4. Is there any beef from 2008 still around?

I guess there could be in canned goods.

[bhikkhu]

5. Cooking to 160 degrees destroys E. Coli

...so there's many lifetime supplies of food thrown out, in a hungry world, because you can't trust people to cook it right, apparently.

[Gamey]

6. With all the other problems surrounding meat production....

...why is e coli ever an issue? It's like freaking out about the contents of the crap on the floor you just ate, not the fact that you just ate crap off the floor.

[frog92969]

7. I've stopped eating "forklift" cows

I now get mine from a farm a few miles down the road, the difference in taste is amazing.

Plus it doesn't burn gas traveling the country or prop up fascist corporations.

You can't trust "our" government to care what you eat when those same toxin mills sign their paychecks. Google: pink slime beef

If at all possible, go meet your meat.

[mackerel]

8. Just today a friend of mine was bragging on how great

the meat is here in the states.

[frog92969]

Not all of it

This is where a lot of the toxic meat comes from as well.

You want cows that eat grass, not corn and other cows,
and that also get exercise and room to walk out of their own dung.

If they have that they don't need to be pumped full of antibiotics either.

[bc3000]

9. Needs more ammonia

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/us/31meat.html?_r=1

[BadgerKid]

10. It shouldn't have to be "better late than never" n/t