Ready-to-eat chicken from National Steak and Poultry that was recalled for undercooking is being used in products produced by other companies, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) disclosed late Friday.
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Ready-to-eat chicken recall expands to include 992 tons
National Steak and Poultry massively increased its Nov. 23 recall today to include a total of 1.9 million pounds of ready-to-eat chicken products, or almost 992 tons of product.
The addition of more products and…
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National Steak recalls more than 8 tons of ready-to-eat chicken
Following a customer complaint, National Steak and Poultry late Wednesday recalled about 17,500 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken products because of possible undercooking.
Undercooking can allow the survival of bacterial pathogens, according to the U.S. Department…
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UPDATED: New labels, instructions for tenderized beef roll out today
UPDATE: Additional cooking instructions provided by FSIS after this story was posted. The 6.2 billion servings of mechanically tenderized beef roasts and steaks consumed annually by Americans might be a little safer because of labeling…
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E. coli Victim Sues Manufacturer
The first E. coli O157:H7 claim against National Steak and Poultry (NSP), an Oklahoma meat manufacturing facility, was filed yesterday in the Third Judicial District Court of Salt Lake City. Marler Clark, the Seattle-based foodborne…
Ten States Added To E. coli Outbreak
Missing details of National Steak and Poultry’s Christmas Eve recall of 124 tons of beef and the associated outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 are slowly coming out from a variety of sources.
Someone at…
Questions Remain in Steak E. coli Outbreak
A dozen days have passed since the Christmas Eve beef recall by Oklahoma-based National Steak and Poultry and still basic information has not been disclosed.
Not only has the federal government not named all of…
AMI: Tenderized Steaks No More Risky
Mechanically tenderized steaks are comparable in safety to unprocessed steaks and do not need special labeling, according to the American Meat Institute (AMI), the group that represents 95 percent of the red met industry.
The…
E. coli Outbreak Expands to 16 States
An E. coli O157:H7 outbreak tied to a nationwide recall of mechanically tenderized steaks is now linked to 21 illnesses in 16 states, according to public health officials.
Oklahoma-based National Steak and Poultry (NSP) announced…
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Update: 19 Ill in 16 States in E. coli Outbreak
The Christmas Eve recall of almost 250,000 pounds of mechanically tenderized steak productsis now linked to 19 E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in 16 states and to three restaurant chains–Moe’s Southwest Grill, Carino’s Italian Grill,…
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