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E. COLI, GROUND BEEF RECALL - USA (NEBRASKA)
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A ProMED-mail post
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 19:46:05 -0400
From: Marjorie P. Pollack
An Omaha meat company recalled more than 80,000 pounds of ground beef
suspected of being tainted with a deadly strain of the _E. coli_
bacteria, the company said Tuesday. There were no reported illnesses
linked to the meat, according to All American Meats Inc President
Shawn Buchanan.
Buchanan said most of the 82,929 pounds of ground beef was sold and
apparently consumed in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. About 40 boxes
of the meat, packaged for use by retailers, was still on the market
and has been recovered, he said.
The voluntary recall was ordered by the company after USDA inspectors
found a positive sample of the _E. coli_ 0157:H7 bacteria Monday. The
positive sample of ground beef was collected from product already on
hold at a Jewel Food Store warehouse. Last week, Jewel recalled 500
lbs of ground beef after a routine USDA check found _E. coli_ 0157:H7
contamination.
The virulent strain of _E. coli_ can cause bloody diarrhea, kidney
failure and death in children, the elderly and others with weak immune
systems.
The U.S. Agriculture Department said the packages of meat, sold in
10-pound lots, were produced on April 14 and stamped with a "sell-by"
date of April 28. Each package also was printed with "Est. 20420"
indicating the plant where it was produced.
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Michele Gale-Sinex, communications manager
Center for Integrated Ag Systems
UW-Madison College of Ag and Life Sciences
Voice: (608) 262-8018 FAX: (608) 265-3020
http://www.wisc.edu/cias/
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