The unfortunate trend for E. coli and beef in late 2009 and 2010 continues.  This evening, West MissourI Beef, LLC, a Rockville, Missouri beef company, recalled 14,000 pounds of boneless beef products due to potential E. coli O157:H7 contamination.  Today’s recall brings the tally for recalled beef due to E. coli contamination to 1,636,000 pounds of beef

FSIS reported today that Huntington Meat Packing Inc., a Montebello, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 864,000 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.  Although the recall is Class I–i.e. associated with a very high risk to consumer health–there are no illnesses currently known to be associated with the potentially contaminated

 In the early morning hours of Sunday, June 28, the JBS Swift Beef Company expanded the earlier recall of 41,280 pounds of beef contaminated with the highly toxic pathogen E. coli O157:H7 to include an additional 380,000 pounds. The beef recalls are FSIS Class I, meaning the “use of the product will cause serious, adverse

Ecoli recall labelThe US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced yesterday that Texas American Food Service Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas, was recalling 14,800 pounds of ground beef products for possible E. coli contamination. The products were sold under American Fresh Foods labels (right).

Consumer products being recalled include:

  • 2-pound approximate weight packages of

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced that Blue Ribbon Meats, a Florida company, is recalling 8,200 pounds of frozen ground beef products for possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination.  The ground beef was produced between September 14 and September 27, and was shipped to two distributors.  The ultimate destinations the meat was designated for

Topps According to a press release by Topps, Topps Meat Company LLC, located in Elizabeth, NJ, has voluntarily expanded its recall announced on September 25 to include 21.7 million pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. This represents all products produced by Topps with a "sell by date" or

e. coli recallEight Washington state and Oregon residents have been confirmed ill with E. coli infections since eating E. coli-contaminated ground beef sold by Interstate Meat Dist., Inc. of Clackmas, Oregon, under the Northwest Finest brand.  The ground beef was sold in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington between July 19 and July 30, 2007.  Health officials believe