A Montebello, California meat packing plant is under criminal investigation. According to the Food Safety Inspection Service, Huntington Meat Packing, Inc., which has previously had to recall beef products due to E. coli O157:H7 contamination is in violation of certain Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points. Because of these violations, an added 4.9 million pounds of beef and veal products are... [more]

West Missouri Beef, LLC, a Rockville, Mo., establishment, is recalling approximately 14,000 pounds of fresh boneless 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 following products are subject to recall: One combo bin containing approximately 2,000 pounds of fresh boneless beef... [more]

The FSIS has just announced this recall: Huntington Meat Packing Inc., a Montebello, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 864,000 pounds of 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 problem was discovered during a Food Safety Assessment (FSA) by FSIS personnel. The... [more]

Adams Farm Slaughterhouse, LLC., an Athol, Mass., establishment, is recalling approximately 2,574 pounds of 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. This recall was initiated after the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) confirmed a positive ground beef sample for E.... [more]

CDC Map of E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak CDC is collaborating with public health officials in several states and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to investigate a multistate outbreak of human infections due to Escherichia coli O157:H7 (E. coli 0157:H7). Monday, January 4, 2010, 21 persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 had been... [more]

The American Meat Institute (AMI) was quick to respond to concerns about mechanically tenderized beef after a recent outbreak related to mechanically tenderized beef processed by National Steak and Poultry had sickened dozens across the country with E. coli O157:H7 food poisoning.  The AMI is a special interest group that often comes to the defense of beef and this following press release response... [more]

Recently, National Steak and Poultry recalled 248,000 lbs. of beef because it was suspected to be the culprit in an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 that has sickened dozens of people across the country. This beef recall has once again stirred up questions about the safety of beef and the effectiveness of current safety protocols that are in place to keep food free of dangerous foodborne pathogens. The... [more]

Twenty-one people in 16 states have been infected in recent days with E. coli O157:H7 bacteria, after consuming mechanically tenderized beef in restaurants supplied by National Steak and Poultry, an Oklahoma meat company, according to federal investigators. The outbreak spurred National Steak and Poultry to voluntarily recall 248,000 pounds of beef Dec. 24. The products, which range from steaks to... [more]

National Steak and Poultry, an Owasso, Okla., establishment, is recalling approximately 248,000 pounds of 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. FSIS became aware of the problem during the course of an investigation of a cluster of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses. Working with the Centers... [more]

Recalled Product Label Harrington and Sons, a Williston, Vt., establishment, is recalling approximately 68 pounds of fresh 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: 10-pound cryovaced packages of “LaPLATTE RIVER ANGUS FARM, LLC... [more]