On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) again updated its list of retail locations in several states the agency “has reason to believe” received ground beef recently recalled by Wolverine
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Wolverine Packing Recall: What Consumers Need to Know
You may have heard about the FSIS announcement this week that the Wolverine Packing Company in Detroit, MI, was recalling 1.8 million pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
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Ground Beef Destined for School Lunches Recalled for 'Foreign Materials'
A Hanford, CA, meat company has recalled more than 58,000 pounds of ground beef after a Food Safety and Inspection Service investigation prompted by customer complaints found that the product may contain “foreign materials.” FSIS
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Ground Beef Recalled for Possible E. coli Contamination
Update: Food Safety News called a company spokesman and learned that the recalled product was shipped to six states: Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. The story below has been updated: National Beef Packing
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Hawaii Meat Market Recalls 4,100 Pounds of Ground Beef
About 4,100 pounds of ground beef was recalled Monday by the Higa Meat & Pork Market in Honolulu for possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination. USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service made the announcement. No illnesses
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More Illnesses Tied to XL Foods Beef; Recall Expands to Hong Kong
Illnesses linked to a massive recall of Canadian beef have more than doubled this week as the recall continues to expand, most recently to include Hong Kong. Eleven E. coli O157:H7 cases have now
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2.5 Million Pounds of Recalled Canadian Beef Entered U.S.
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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Canadian Beef Outbreak Grows, Recall Expands
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
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XL Foods Recall Highlights a Serious Problem: Tenderized Steaks Lack Labels
Sometimes events come together that highlight a serious problem. That certainly is the case with the recent Canadian Beef recall by XL Foods.
Over the past two weeks, XL Foods, Inc. – a Canadian firm
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Pressure Builds in Alberta to Reopen Canada’s XL Foods
Canada’s largest in history beef recall and the closure of the nation’s largest meat processing plant is putting unusual pressure on regulators to return the facility to service. As of Monday, it looked like the
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