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Remembering Kevin: There was no accountability

By Guest Contributor on August 12, 2022

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by The Ohio State University and is republished here with permission. The author is Barbara Kowalcyk, Kevin’s mother.

Kevin came into our lives early in the morning on…

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UK’s FSA seeks public comments on rare burger guidance

By News Desk on February 2, 2022

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the United Kingdom has opened a public comment period on changes to guidance on less than thoroughly cooked beef burgers.

The agency is also asking people for their views…
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Brazilian authorities uncover group selling horse meat to restaurants

By Joe Whitworth on November 20, 2021

Authorities have arrested six people after finding horse meat being sold for use in burgers in a state of southern Brazil.

They were arrested in Caxias do Sul as part of an operation led by…
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Consumers report plastic pieces in hamburger; recall initiated for 9 states

By News Desk on January 24, 2020

Following consumer complaints, a Chicago company is recalling ground beef in nine states because of contamination with pieces of plastic.

There is concern that consumers may have unused portions of the recalled hamburger in their…
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CDC says E. coli outbreak ‘over’ with 209 patients and counting

By Coral Beach on June 20, 2019

Declaring that the outbreak “appears to be over,” the CDC today reported that multiple suppliers, distributors and or brands of ground beef are likely behind an E. coli O103 outbreak this spring that sickened more…
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Texas company recalls raw, frozen ground beef for E. coli

By News Desk on June 21, 2018

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Texas Naturals Meats is recalling almost 500 pounds of raw frozen ground beef that was produced almost a year ago because its own tests this week returned positive…
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Jack in the Box E. coli Outbreak – 25th Anniversary

By News Desk on December 27, 2017

Editor’s Note:  The following remembrance of the Jack-in-the-Box E. coli outbreak was penned by our Publisher Bill Marler and first posted in Food Poison Journal on Dec. 26.   We are republishing it here on the …
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The Rare Burger Issue

By Michéle Samarya-Timm on September 1, 2015

As part of my daily public health mission, I track foodborne outbreaks and teach food safety. I do the latter to try to reduce the former, anywhere, anytime, any way I can introduce it into…
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Some Walmart Burgers Caught in Nationwide Beef Recall

By News Desk on February 16, 2014

Walmart announced late yesterday that Jensen Meat Company, Inc., as a “Consignee” was implementing a third-party voluntary recall in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The recall was prompted after Rancho Feeding Corp.
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