Michigan E. coli Victim Count Rises McNees Meats and Wholesale, LLC, a limited liability corporation out of North Branch, Michigan, has recalled 360 pounds of ground beef products due to E. coli O157:NM contamination, according to a Wednesday night report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Information Service (FSIS). A remarkable [...]

Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. of  Wyalusing, Pa. has recalled 8500 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O26. The recalled products include 42-pound cases of “GROUND BEEF FINE 90/10,” containing three 14 pound chubs each.  The products have a “use/freeze by” date of “07/01/10,” and an identifying product code of [...]

California has now joined several states warning its citizens not to eat salmonella-contaminated ground beef. Dr. Mark Horton, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), has warned Californians not to eat ground beef manufactured by Beef Packers, Inc. between June 5 and 23, 2009 because the products could be contaminated with Salmonella Newport, [...]

As salmonella illness totals continue to rise, officials at Cargill, Inc. refuse to identify the grocery chains to which their contaminated beef was sold. Last Thursday, Beef Packers, Inc. (owned by Cargill, Inc.) recalled over 400 tons of ground beef shipped this summer because of an outbreak of a drug-resistant strain of Salmonella Newport. The [...]

Health officials have now reported that at least 27 people have fallen ill from a Salmonella Newport outbreak that prompted the recall of more than 412 tons of ground beef.  The beef was manufactured by Beef Packers Inc. in Fresno, California, a unit of Minneapolis-based agribusiness giant Cargill, Inc. So far 21 cases have been [...]