Is it because Foster Farms was selling tainted chicken in pieces and Cargill was selling tainted ground beef and turkey? On Friday, CDC reported that a total of 317 individuals infected with multiple outbreak strains
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Q&A with Author Ted Conover on His Work as a USDA Meat Inspector
Author and journalist Ted Conover has built his reputation through first-person accounts from inside sectors of society that receive little recognition from the mainstream. His writing has taken him across the U.S. on trains with…
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Study Finds Clumsy Government Response to 2011 Salmonella Ground Turkey Outbreak
A faster government reaction to the 2011 Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak linked to ground turkey might have resulted in less illnesses, according to a new analysis.
Health officials identified ground turkey from Cargill Meat Solutions as…
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CDC: 40 Sick in Multistate Salmonella Ground Beef Outbreak
Forty people in eight states have now been linked to an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis from ground beef, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday.
The number of victims in the outbreak is…
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Letter From The Editor: Coincidences & Routines
If you are like I am, you probably don’t believe much in coincidence.
For two years running now, Cargill Meat Solutions has announced major meat recalls for Salmonella contamination during the annual meeting of the…
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Cargill Recalls Fresh Beef After 7-State Salmonella Outbreak Sickens 33
Cargill Beef late Sunday recalled almost 30,000 pounds of 85 percent lean, fresh, ground beef, produced by the company at Wyalusing, PA on May 25, 2012. The meat may be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis (SE)…
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Wisconsin Sizzlers Vindicated in State Supreme Court
After 12 long years, litigation stemming from one week in July 2000 when 150 customers of Sizzler Restaurants in Layton and Mayfair, Wisconsin were infected with E. coli O157:H7 and causing the death of three-year-old…
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Goat Feed Recalled for Labeling Error
Cargill Animal Nutrition is recalling 50 lb. bags of Nutrena NatureWise Goat Pellets distributed in 5 states because of an error in labeling.
The recalled bags of goat feed should have indicated that the feed…
Slaughter Asks 60 Top Food Companies for Details on Antibiotic Use
Continuing her charge against the subtherapeutic use of antibiotics in food animal production, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) sent a letter late last week to more than 60 of the leading fast food companies, meat producers,…
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Salmonella Outbreak Was Costly Quarter for Cargill
Minneapolis-based Cargill is out with an earnings report showing the recall of 18,000 tons of ground turkey and the associated plant closure coincides with one of its “weakest quarters” ever for its meat business.
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