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2.5 Million Pounds of Recalled Canadian Beef Entered U.S.

By Helena Bottemiller on October 8, 2012

Approximately 2.5 million pounds of beef now-recalled over E. coli O157:H7 concerns was imported into the U.S. from XL Foods, Inc. in Canada, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.…
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USDA Looks to Expand Non-O157 E. coli Testing

By Helena Bottemiller on October 4, 2012

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is planning to expand testing for six non-O157 strains of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) – just recently declared adulterants – to more beef products…
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E. coli Beef Recall Expands Again; U.S. Retailers Nationwide Added

By Helena Bottemiller on September 28, 2012

UPDATE — Late Thursday, the Government of Canada temporarily suspended the operating license for XL Foods Inc.’s beef processing plant at Brooks, Alberta, The Globe News reported.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said the…
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XL Foods E. coli Recall Includes 890,000 Pounds of Beef Shipped to U.S.

By Helena Bottemiller on September 27, 2012

The massive Canadian XL Foods E. coli recall  — which has now been expanded seven times — includes some 890,000 pounds of beef manufacturing trim and an unknown amount of boxed beef that was sent…
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FSIS: Canadian Beef Recalled for E. coli Was Used for U.S. Raw Ground Beef

By News Desk on September 26, 2012

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food  Safety and Inspection Service is alerting the public that whole muscle cuts related to a large, ongoing Canadian E. coli O157:H7 beef recall were used to produce raw ground…
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USDA Criticized for Slow Response to Canadian E. coli O157:H7 Recall

By Helena Bottemiller on September 25, 2012

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is taking heat for what some are calling a too slow response to a massive Canadian beef recall for E. coli O157:H7.

Washington, DC-based advocacy…
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Ground Beef Made With XL Trim Recalled by Safeway in 3 States

By Dan Flynn on September 22, 2012

Canada’s big beef recall—the one that’s been expanded five times to include more than 200 products—has now reached the U.S. in a major way. On Saturday, Safeway recalled a long list of its own ground…
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USDA Confirms Recalled Canadian Beef Entered U.S.

By Gretchen Goetz on September 21, 2012

A nationwide recall of ground beef for potential E. coli contamination in Canada was officially linked to meat sold in the United Sates late Thursday when U.S. food safety authorities announced a recall of beef…
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FSIS Seeks Changes to E. coli Sampling Program for Beef Trim

By News Desk on September 20, 2012

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is announcing its intention to redesign its E. coli O157:H7 verification testing program for beef manufacturing trimmings to make the program “more risk-based” and to…
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BPI and Pink Slime: An Updated Timeline

By News Desk on September 17, 2012

In the Spring of 2012, a beef product called “Lean Finely Textured Beef,” an ingredient in an estimated 70 percent of America’s ground beef, came under fire because the meat — which is pulled from…
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Meat Co. Settles With Government Over Beef Trim Trip-up

By News Desk on August 27, 2012

For John Soules Foods Inc., maybe a good deed finally did go unpunished.

The nation’s leading fajita processing and marketing company in Tyler, TX and the U.S. District Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas,…
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