Canadian Beef Outbreak Grows, Recall Expands

By News Desk | October 7, 2012

The number of Canadians ill with E. coli O157:H7 from XL Foods ground beef officially grew to 10 on Saturday as the company also expanded its list of recalled products once again, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Those ill include 7 in Alberta, 2 in Quebec and 1 in Newfoundland.

According to eFoodAlert, beef from the company’s now-suspended Brooks, Alberta plant shipped all over Canada, as well as to the U.S. and Hong Kong, before the recall was announced. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has not provided the public with information on the list of affected XL products being sold in the U.S.

On Friday the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced that the U.S. received approximately 2.5 million pounds of potentially contaminated beef from the plant before its suspension. Thus far, no illnesses in the U.S. or Hong Kong have been linked to the recall.

comedyflyer

Just imagine all the toxic horse meat out there…far less controls & regulations regarding horse meat! The Conservative Government of Canada believes in bigger is better…..greed over safety…..factory farming & processing of meat is not good for you or the animals….when do these factories have time to clean? Support your local small family farms & farmers markets….we care what you eat….we are eating it too……
Yessa

Don’t most people know by now that grass-fed beef is safer by leaps and bounds than CAFO (contained animal feeding operation) corn fed beef? I believe one study showed that cattle that are removed from from a CAFO and fed grass (like they are supposed to be fed) the incidence of E-coli 0157-H7 DECREASED by nearly 90% in five days and within 12 days the amount of e-coli bacteria in the gut is negligible, nearly non existent. E-coli 0157-H7 is the product of feeding cattle an un-natural diet. Cattle do NOT eat corn naturally, they are grazers. When I learned this I rejoiced because for me, it meant I could eat a hamburger that didn’t have to be sprayed with ammonia and cooked to death to be safe. I will NEVER eat nor feed to my family, corn fed beef again. EVER!
White&Childless (= no help)

God, what a waste. I haven’t had a scrap of meat in months.