Company Recalls 129,000 Pounds of Beef in 15 States

[The Sushi Bandit]

Source: Associated Press

MAY 22, 2007 -- A meat company has recalled 129,000 pounds of beef products in 15 states because of possible E. coli contamination, reports an Associated Press article seen on USAToday.com. The meat products are made by Davis Creek Meats and Seafood and were made for Gordon Food Service stores, the USDA said Wednesday on its Web site.

The beef products were made between March 1 and April 30 and were shipped to distribution centers and retailers in Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

The items under recall include boxes of mechanically tenderized steaks and ground beef of different weights. The boxes are labeled "Est. 1947A."

Symptoms of E. coli include stomach cramps that may be severe and diarrhea that may turn bloody within one to three days. E. coli sometimes can lead to complications including kidney failure.


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[kestrel91316]

1. That should read "E. coli O157:H7". Plain old generic "E. coli"

is nothing to get panties in a wad about, relatively speaking.

[Paulie]

2. Well, pretty much any E. Coli

would mean fecal contamination, would it not? Yum!

[kimmerspixelated]

3. I've been trying to stay away from

mainstream processed meats, but with Memorial Day coming up, I imagine that my family would like some burgers, so I'll go for Laura's Lean meats- burgers come in a box, or Nature's Promise burgers. Probably grill up some veggies and such. ...Okay now I'm gettin' hungry!

[TheMadMonk]

4. Got a food processor?

Grind your own beef from a chunk of rump or other relatively cheap cut. By buying bulk cryovac whole rumps we can do uber-premium for the price of budget mince. Plus a couple of roasts, some steaks for the barbie and scraps for stir fry and the mexican barking rat. AUD$35 puts meat for well over a dozen main meals on the table. Simple vegies are cheap. For 2/3 the price of a fast food burger meal anyone can put a decent meal on the table and avoid a shitload of processing along the way.

[The Sushi Bandit]

5. Get this! We only eat Maui raised beef!

it is lean and additive free (no fattening up at a facility)
they just eat maui grass...

[ohio2007]

6. holy Maui WoWee batman

That beef sounds expensive.

I bet that ground beef isn't selling under $2 lb.

[The Sushi Bandit]

9. The dont sell ground Maui Beef in stores

only cuts

the only ground beef is from the mainland... and who know what is in that stuff!!

[burrowowl]

7. Grind your own or have butcher grind rump roast or what not

in front of you.
In France, restaurants cannot use beef 2 hours after it is ground. Why? Once you grind meat, its surface are of contaimination is greater, so you have to cook it to death and then. These already ground packs are germ breeders.

[Honeycombe8]

8. Okay, this is getting creepy. Yet another main food source that is contaminated?

I'm not prone to conspiracy theories, but I'm not buying this as sloppy sanitation and lack of inspections, alone.

Spinach, seafood, chicken, gluten (found in almost every processed food we and our pets eat), and beef. This comprises almost the entire range of food categories that Americans eat.