Valley Meat Company of Modesto, California has recalled one million pounds of frozen ground beef patties and bulk ground beef products due to contamination with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. FSIS became aware of the problem on July 15 when the agency was notified [...]

A New Hampshire resident has died after consuming ground beef tainted by E. coli O157:H7. The death was connected to the recent recall of over half a million pounds of (545,699)  lbs of ground beef products produced by by Fairbank Farms, of Ashville, New York.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it became aware the [...]

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, [...]

Sterling Pacific Meat Co. of City of Commerce, Calif., has recalled approximately 3,516 pounds of ground beef 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 products subject to recall include: Fatburger Brand: 20-pound packages of “8 oz. PUCK (80/20) GROUND [...]

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 [...]

King Soopers, Inc., a Denver, Colo., establishment, has recalling approximately 500,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be linked to an outbreak of salmonellosis, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The products subject to recall include: 1-pound chubs of (93/7) ground beef. Each package bears the identifying [...]

Health officials continue to investigate two Cleveland eateries for possibly serving burgers tainted with E. coli bacteria. Matt Carroll, director of the Cleveland Department of Public Health, said that officials from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service have recently inspected the VFW Hall in North Olmsted and Deekers Side Tracks in Mentor. Three Cuyahoga County residents who contracted E. coli in [...]

As we enter the summer months, we will start to see an increase in E. coli outbreaks.  Most will be related to the consumption of contaminated hamburger.   The first outbreak – currently ongoing on Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Illinois — has already claimed the life of an innocent 7 year old and sickened many others.  Valley [...]

The Cleveland Health Department has reported that a 7-year-old Cleveland girl died Sunday from an E. coli infection.  Health officials say the death could be linked to a massive ground beef recall issued Thursday from Valley Meats LLC of Coal Valley, Ill.  A USDA investigation has now confirmed that three other Cleveland-area residents were also infected by eating [...]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today that Valley Meats LLC has  recalled over 95,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.  The company is located in Coal Valley, Illinois. On May 13, 2009, FSIS was informed by the Ohio Department of Health of a cluster of [...]