December 2009

From a Company Press Release:

AUSTIN, TX–(Marketwire – December 31, 2009) – Carino’s Italian has voluntarily removed and safely disposed all meat products provided by its supplier, National Steak and Poultry (NSP). Carino’s Italian took immediate steps and followed the appropriate safety procedures in the removal and disposal of all potentially affected meat products as

From a NMA Press Release:

New York Times reporter Michael Moss, in a lengthy article, has questioned the technology developed and used by Beef Products, Inc. to ensure improved safety of beef and beef trimmings in today’s publication. Beef Products, Inc is a long-time member of NMA.

The company’s President, Eldon Roth, has developed technology

Urinary tract infections (UTI) are a serious health problem affecting millions of people each year.  In fact, they are the second most common type of bodily infection, accounting for about 8.3 million doctor visits annually.  Escherichia coli–a family of bacteria that includes E. coli O157 and other shiga-toxin producing strains, as well as certain generic

According to State Health Department officials in six States, as of Monday there were reports of 1 illness each in Washington, Michigan, Iowa, Kansas and Colorado and 2 in South Dakota linked to the National State and Poultry E. coli O157:H7 beef recall linked to “mechanically-tenderized” steaks. The 1 ill person in Washington ate the

According to recent press reports, a statement from National Steak and Poultry and discussions with various state health officials, Colorado has confirmed that at least one person in that state was sickened there in November but wasn’t hospitalized. Iowa and Kansas each confirmed one illness. A Washington State resident, a woman in her 60s, was

Authorities Have Not Revealed Which Restaurants Received The Tainted Steaks

On Christmas eve the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a notice that National Steak and Poultry (NSP) was recalling 248,000 pounds of beef steaks contaminated with the highly virulent pathogen E. coli O157:H7. The steaks were mechanically tenderized “non-intact steaks”, and were shipped