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Monthly Archives: February 2008
Beef Industry Interferes with Recall
The meat industry is pressing the USDA to scale back the largest meat recall in U.S. history. The USDA is still trying to find about 15 million of the 143 million-pound meat recall traced to the product of Hallmark/Westland Meat …
One Child Probably Started Indiana E. Coli Outbreak
An E. coli outbreak in Floyd County, Indiana last year has been linked back to a single child. That one child came in contact with the bacteria and it eventually sickened at least 15 people. The child probably got the …
USDA Shouldn’t be in Charge of Food Safety, Lawmaker Argues
A Connecticut Representative wants the U.S. Department of Agriculture to be stripped of its responsibility to inspect the nation’s food supply and ensure food safety. The measure comes in the wake of the nation’s largest meat recall late last week …
USDA Has Poor Showing in Meat Recall
Although a USDA inspector is at each of the 900 beef slaughterhouses in the United States, it’s relatively easy to get “downer cattle” into the food chain, according to fallout from the largest beef recall in the nation’s history. At …
Largest Beef Recall Ever Follows Humane Society Investigation
A California meat packer announced the largest beef recall in U.S. history Sunday, though much of the beef is believed to have already been eaten. The meat packer is accused of animal cruelty, according to a Reuters report citing U.S. …
Peter Pan Salmonella Recall Anniversary
A manager at the ConAgra Foods facility in Sylvester, GA recently told TV station WALB-TV that its been six months since the plant started making Peter Pan Peanut Butter, and Feb. 14 marked a year since it was forced to …
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