Recalled-Beef makes '09 the best summer ever!


	Recalled-Beef makes '09 the best summer ever!

245WWhrd

8-10-2009 6:46 PM

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beef, beef packers, e coli, recalls, salmonella, salmonella newport, summer fun, usda

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/569659b2-315f-4987-9cd2-afe2e44989b5/F4E58C40-BE29-4C44-9A45-245EDFC11638/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://consumerist.com/5334192/another-month-another-beef-recall" href="http://consumerist.com/5334192/another-month-another-beef-recall" style="font-size: 11px;">consumerist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://consumerist.com/5334192/another-month-another-beef-recall">Hot beef infection</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://consumerist.com/5334192/another-month-another-beef-recall"><H1><A href="http://consumerist.com/5334192/another-month-another-beef-recall">Another Month, Another Beef Recall</A></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://consumerist.com/5334192/another-month-another-beef-recall"><P><IMG height="118" width="158" src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/consumerist/2009/08/moooooooo.jpg" />The summer of <A href="http://consumerist.com/tag/beef-recalls/" title="Click here to read more posts tagged BEEF RECALLS" class="autolink">beef recalls</A> continues, with the creatively named <A href="http://consumerist.com/tag/beef-packers/" title="Click here to read more posts tagged BEEF PACKERS" class="autolink">Beef Packers</A> <A href="http://blogs.consumerreports.org/safety/2009/08/illnesses-prompt-recall-of-826000-pounds-of-ground-beef-by-beef-packers.html?EXTKEY=I91ECON&CMP=OTC-ConsumeristLinks">recalling 826,000 pounds of ground beef</A> linked to salmonella illnesses in the western U.S.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://consumerist.com/5334192/another-month-another-beef-recall"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG>May</STRONG>: <A href="http://consumerist.com/5265008/">Valley Meats</A> - 96,000 pounds (E. coli)</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://consumerist.com/5334192/another-month-another-beef-recall"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG>June</STRONG>: <A href="http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Recall_034_2009_Expanded/index.asp">JBS Swift</A> - 421,280 pounds (E. coli)</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://consumerist.com/5334192/another-month-another-beef-recall"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG>July</STRONG>: <A href="http://www.marlerblog.com/2009/07/articles/case-news/king-soopers-of-denver-colorado-recalls-ground-beef-products-due-to-salmonella-contamination-14-ill-us-public-is-the-canary-in-the-coal-mine/">King Soopers</A> - 466,236 pounds (Salmonella)</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://consumerist.com/5334192/another-month-another-beef-recall"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG>August</STRONG>: <A href="http://blogs.consumerreports.org/safety/2009/08/illnesses-prompt-recall-of-826000-pounds-of-ground-beef-by-beef-packers.html">Beef Packers</A> - 826,000 pounds (Salmonella)</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://consumerist.com/5334192/another-month-another-beef-recall"><P>This month's recall is particularly disturbing because the illnesses are associated with an antibiotic-resistant strain of Salmonella known as Salmonella Newport, making treatment more difficult.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://consumerist.com/5334192/another-month-another-beef-recall">Remember, meat inspection and recalls are the responsibility of the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the US Department of Agriculture, <EM>not</EM> the FDA, so the food safety legislation that <A href="http://consumerist.com/5326546/houses-passes-strong-food-safety-reform">recently passed the House</A> would do nothing to improve the USDA</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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