E. coli in
Frozen Ground Beef Prompts Recall
[Posted 10/02/07]
The US
Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and
Inspection Service has announced that the Topps Meat
Company, LLC, an Elizabeth, NJ, establishment, is
voluntarily recalling approximately 331,582 pounds
of frozen ground beef products because they may be
contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The
products have a sell-by date of June 22, July 12, or
July 23, 2008 or a packed-on date of June 22, 2007.
The boxes were distributed to food service
institutions in the New York metropolitan area and
to retail establishments nationwide.
Each
package bears the establishment number “Est. 9748”
inside the USDA mark of inspection. For additional
label information, see the list available on the
USDA website at
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Recall_040_2007_release/index.asp.
E. coli
O157:H7 is a potentially deadly bacterium that can
cause bloody diarrhea and dehydration. The very
young, seniors, and persons with compromised immune
systems are the most susceptible to food-borne
illness. An investigation into a cluster of
illnesses in the Northeast region carried out by
the New York State Department of Health in
coordination with the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention led to a positive product sample
collected by the New York Department of Health.
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