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E. coli O157:H7 Bacteria in Beef Recall Expands
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by Barbara McPherson | July 1, 2009 at 10:04 am
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Beef products sourced from the JBS Swift Beef Company, Greeley, Colorado may be contaminated with E. coli 0157:H7. The recall orders started in the US have now expanded to Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada stores. E. coli 0157:H7 is the bacterium associated with the term hamburger disease. Food contaminated with E. coli 0157:H7 may not look or smell 'off'. Heat will kill the bacteria, but the danger of cross contamination of kitchen surfaces means that beef must be handled carefully. Ground beef is at most risk for contamination as the grinding process distributes any E. coli 0157:H7 throughout the meat. This recall encompasses ground beef, roasts and steaks.
WASHINGTON, June 28, 2009 - JBS Swift Beef Company, a Greeley, Colo., establishment is voluntarily expanding its June 24 recall to include approximately 380,000 pounds of assorted beef primal products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The distribution of possibly contaminated beef in the US has been nationwide, and as we are now informed, internationally.
Those living in the US may get further information about food safety by contacting "Ask Karen"
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued a list of possibly contaminated beef products sold from Ontario east as well as the stores where these beef products were sold.
Ontario
Cash & Carry Real Canadian Wholesale Club Dominion Extra Foods Fortinos Freshmart Loblaws No Frills Real Canadian Superstore Loblaw Superstore Valu-mart Your Independent Grocer Zehrs Westfair
Quebec
AXEP Intermarché Loblaws Entrepôt Presto Club Entrepôt Provigo Provigo
Atlantic Canada
Cash & Carry Real Canadian Wholesale Club Dominion Freshmart Red & White Quick Mart Save Easy Atlantic Superstore Valu-mart
Also
Beef Knuckle Roast, 4 to 5 lbs size, sold fresh from April 30 to June 10, 2009 from Sue’s Market, 205 Don Head Village Blvd., Richmond Hill, Ontario.
JBS Swift Beef Company E. coli Recall Expanded to 421 280 lbs
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at 12:23 on July 2nd, 2009
Why are we getting our meat for Colorado? We have cows here in the Atlantic provinces. We need to put pressure on local stores to buy and sell local product!!
at 18:26 on July 2nd, 2009
Of course you are right. Here on Vancouver Island our small meat producers have just about shut down their operations because of the draconian regs imposed on them. We have never had a food scare from locally produced beef. When you move to huge feedlot operations and massive slaughterhouses, you are just asking for trouble. I think the meat from out of the country has something to do with the Free Trade Agreement.