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New E. Coli: The Latest in Sickening Meat
I know that many Care2 members aren’t necessarily the most carnivorous of the lot–but I know many vegans who like to keep abreast of meat news. So, here’s the latest on sickening beef…Fairbank Farms, an Ashville, NY, “establishment” (as described in the CDC press release: can you say “euphemism”?) is recalling approximately 545,699 pounds of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
Several state health departments, the CDC, and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service are investigating this multi-state outbreak, for which a notice of recall was issued on October 31, 2009. The cluster of illnesses reported includes twenty-eight persons from 12 states infected with matching strains of E. coli O157:H7. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows: California (1), Connecticut (4), Massachusetts (8), Maryland (1), Maine (2), Minnesota (1), New Hampshire (4), New Jersey (1), New York (1), Pennsylvania (2), South Dakota (2), and Vermont (1).
So let’s get to the meat of the matter–where has this tainted beef been sold?
Some of the ground beef was sold at Trader Joe’s, Price Chopper, Lancaster, Wild Harvest, Shaw’s, BJ’s, Ford Brothers and Giant stores in packages that carried the number “EST. 492″ on the label. Most of the beef packages in the recall bear the establishment number “Est. 492″ inside the USDA mark of inspection and have identifying package dates of “091509″ or “091609.” Consumers are urged to check their refrigerators and freezers for beef products produced by this firm and purchased on or after September 15, 2009 and discard or return the recalled beef products to the place of purchase for a refund. Customers with questions about the source of a package of beef should contact the place where they purchased it.
The products subject to recall include:
Trader Joes
1-pound packages of “TRADER JOE’S BUTCHER SHOP FINE QUALITY MEATS GROUND BEEF 85/15.”
1-pound packages of “TRADER JOE’S BUTCHER SHOP FINE QUALITY MEATS GROUND BEEF 80/20.” (NOTE: The sell-by dates for the above two products may be October 6 or 7, 2009.)
1-pound trays of “TRADER JOE’S BUTCHER SHOP FINE QUALITY MEATS GROUND BEEF PATTIES 96/4 EXTRA LEAN.”
1-pound trays of “TRADER JOE’S BUTCHER SHOP FINE QUALITY MEATS GROUND BEEF PATTIES 85/15.”
Price Chopper
1- and 2.5-pound trays of “PRICE CHOPPER MEATLOAF & MEATBALL MIX.”
1-pound trays of “PRICE CHOPPER EXTRA LEAN GROUND BEEF 96/4.”
1-pound trays of “PRICE CHOPPER FRESH GROUND BEEF CHUCK FOR CHILI 80% LEAN 20% FAT.”
Lancaster and Wild Harvest
1-pound trays of “LANCASTER BRAND 96/4 EXTRA LEAN GROUND BEEF.”
1- and 2-pound trays of “LANCASTER BRAND 90/10 GROUND BEEF.”
1-pound trays of “WILD HARVEST NATURAL 85/15 ANGUS GROUND BEEF.”
Shaw’s
1- and 2-pound trays of “SHAW’S FRESH GROUND BEEF 93/7.”
1-, 2- and 3-pound trays of “SHAW’S FRESH GROUND BEEF 80/20.”
1- and 3-pound trays of “SHAW’S FRESH GROUND BEEF 75/25.”
1.3-pound trays of “SHAW’S FRESH GROUND SIRLOIN BEEF PATTIES 90/10.”
1.3-pound trays of “SHAW’S FRESH GROUND ROUND BEEF PATTIES 85/15.”
1.3-pound trays of “SHAW’S FRESH GROUND BEEF PATTIES 80/20.”
3-pound trays of “SHAW’S FRESH GROUND BEEF PATTIES FAMILY PACK 80/20.”
1-pound trays of “SHAW’S ANGUS GROUND BEEF 85/15.”
1-, 2- and 3-pound trays of “SHAW’S FRESH GROUND ROUND BEEF 85/15.”
1-pound trays of “SHAW’S 90% NATURAL GROUND BEEF.”
1-pound trays of “SHAW’S 85% NATURAL GROUND BEEF.”
1-, 2- and 3-pound trays of “SHAW’S FRESH GROUND SIRLOIN 90/10.”
1-pound trays of “MEATLOAF & MEATBALL MIX.”
BJ’s
5-pound trays of “FRESH GROUND BEEF, CONTAINS 15 % FAT” patties.
3- and 5-pound trays of “LEAN GROUND BEEF, CONTAINS 7% FAT.”
2.5-pound trays of “MEATLOAF & MEATBALL MIX.”
Ford Brothers
3-pound trays of “FRESH GROUND BEEF, CONTAINS 20% FAT” patties.
Giant
1-pound trays of “GIANT EXTRA LEAN GROUND BEEF 96/4.”
1-pound trays of “GIANT MEATLOAF & MEATBALL MIX.”
1-pound trays of “GIANT NATURE’S PROMISE GROUND BEEF.”
1-pound trays of “GIANT NATURE’S PROMISE GROUND BEEF PATTIES.”
For updated information, check the E. coli page at the Centers for Disease Control and Infection website. For an in-depth look at E. coli and food safety, see the Care2 post Ground Beef Gone Bad.
And as I end all my posts on tainted meat, some recipes!
Black Bean and Mushroom Burgers
Lentil Almond Burgers
Beet and Carrot Burgers
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OMG.
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thank you for letting us know marina.
i'm so glad i no longer eat red meat.
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A farmer's market seller recently told me that the recalled tainted meat is NOT destroyed, after being recalled -- but instead sold to be included in products like canned meat raviolis, as well as pet food, that is cooked at such high temperatures as to destroy the bacteria.....pass the word.
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Food Lion in South Carolina sent me a recall notice for their lean ground beef in their shoppers companion
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Nearly two weeks ago, the CDC and FSIS reported that 23 persons infected with a strain of E. coli O157:H7 with a particular "DNA fingerprint" have been reported from 9 states. Of these, 17 have been confirmed by an advanced DNA test as having the outbreak strain; confirmatory tests are pending on others.
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many years ago i worked for a meat company. one of the owners was also half-owner in another meat company. THAT company had a hamburger machine.
after seeing how hamburger was made, i stopped eating it for MANY years. it's a horrible, VERY unsanitary process.
years ago i stopped eating red meat altogether. that has proven to be a good decision.
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Janine, there's also enough calcium and protein in veggies alone. Because you know a few people who had issues due to a month long food diary doesn't show anything but a lack of understanding. If given more info, I could explain better. Like did they just look at what they'd eaten and think that way? Or did they eat unhealthily? Or just wrong for their bodies? Anyone can eat horribly on a vegan diet, even if avoiding cookies & junk. But you're misguided to think meat is healthier. Also, vegetarians can eat dairy, what we're led to believe, and I'm sure you're one of, supplies our calcium. So did you mean to call them vegans? But Americans have much higher problems with bone disease than most nations who don't eat any dairy. And there's more protein in beans than in meat.
In your defense, there's more than one way to get poo in our veggies, but is that going to make you stop eating them? & if not, why not? If so, realize there's more poo in hamburger, and you'll probably die soon of colon cancer, heart disease, or something then. And 57 isn't that old either, especially to die.
I'm not trying to be mean, so I apologize if it comes out that way. But you're spewing inaccurate cruelty and it's hard for me not to defend a cause I know more than you about, and am very passionate towards.
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That's right Jeanine G., (what Pam says). Besides that's a very small percentage of harm done by eating veggies as compared to eating meat. & let's be realistic as to one of the main reasons you must always cook your hamburger, because it has manure ground into it. Read FAST FOOD NATION. I don't care how much something's cooked, I don't want to eat poo. I do applaud you for aiming at more humane tactics for getting your meat. So why do you need to feel you must attack others? If given the chance, I'm sure I could find proof against pretty much every claim you ever state to be "common sense" and "truth". And I assure you, it's not based on "fantasy" and "feeling", but fact. Why do you need to try to turn this into an attack, and something political? I also want to warn you that it's actually very unhealthy to never get the flu. And Al Gore donated/s all the money he makes off of his books, his Peace Prize, documentary etc. to charity. But I'm with you that he should quit eating meat because it's completely against his cause. But why would you want to say anything against that anyway? Let's say 99% of scientists, the ones not backed by oil, are wrong--even though we're starting to see the effects now--how would it hurt anyone to take a few precautions? IT wouldn't, and Al Gore wouldn't cash in on it either. But to ignore it, hurts everyone.
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I am a vegetaian so this wouldn't usually annoy me - my husband eats meat so I bought some meat for him last week and thank God it was not on this list. He has been fine, but any E-Coli is bad. For meats or veggies. It's bad for everyone.
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