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Category Archives: E Coli
Topps Meat Company Reduced Testing At Plant that Made E. Coli Burgers – and USDA Knew About It.
Here’s something unbelievable — in the months before the Topps ground beef recall, the Topps Meat Company drastically reduced the amount of bacterial testing done on meat processed at its Elizabeth, New Jersey factory. Instead of testing meat for E. …
E. Coli From Tainted Topps Meat Company Ground Beef Sickens 40, But It Could Have Been Fewer Had USDA Acted Quickly
The Topps Meat Company ground beef E. coli outbreak has become pretty extensive. According to the Centers for Disease Control, it now spans eight states, and at least 40 people have become sick from the tainted beef. The numbers break …
Recalls of E. Coli Contaminated Meat Hit Record, But No One Knows Why
Here’s a scary number.  More than 29 million pounds of ground beef have been recalled because of E. coli contamination this year.  That’s a record. No one knows exactly how many people ended up with E. coli poisoning because of …
Senator Demands Answers in Topps Meat Company Recall
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is still taking heat for its slow response to the Topps Meat Company E. coli outbreak last month. In late September, the USDA issued a recall notice for 21.7 million pounds of frozen hamburger …
Quicker Action in Topps Ground Beef Recall Could have Spared Some Victims
Why does it take so long to get word of food recalls to consumers? News reports today are saying that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) waited 18 days to recall frozen ground beef sold by the Topps Meat Company …
E. Coli Outbreak Grows, As Does Recall of Topps Meat Company Frozen Beef
The Topps Meat Company E. coli outbreak keeps getting bigger. The E. coli outbreak associated with the Topps Meat Company frozen beef recall has now hit 21 people in 8 states. There are probably more people who’ve gotten sick from …
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