We Need More Protection, Bad Beef Appears To have Killed Two

 "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An outbreak of food-borne illness, linked to dangerous bacteria in ground beef, sickened 28 people and may have caused two deaths in the U.S. Northeast, health officials said on Monday. The Agriculture Department, which oversees meat safety, said an investigation led it to conclude "there is an association between the fresh ground beef products and illnesses in Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts." USDA worked with state and federal officials in examining a cluster of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses.  The beef was produced September 14-16, and the company urged consumers to check their freezers for products listed in the recall. Labels of the recalled packages will say EST 492 inside the USDA seal."

We need to do more to warn and protect the public.

Is American beef really safe to eat?

Why are we getting American cattle tainted with the deadly bacteria, E. coli ?

Many questions that we as Americans have a right to demand answers for.  Sure, we can recall the beaf and that is what is being done here. Unfortunately, this still does not answer the why this is happening in our food chain.  People are potentially dying from eating a product purchased at their local market and with us being American food consumers this is totally unexceptable.

Perhaps the United States Congress needs to reevaluate the U.S.D.A. and the existing laws that are in place? Perhaps we need to accomplish more sophisticated testing procedures for American beef cattle heading towards our food chain?