Whole Foods E. coli cases traced to NEBRASKA Beef Ltd., meat? - (Marler Blog)
August 9, 2008 – 5:00 pmWhole Foods, paragon of the natural food marketplace, linked to an E. coli outbreak tied to Nebraska Beef Ltd.? Goodness! According to the Boston Globe this morning, Massachusetts health authorities are warning consumers not to eat ground beef bought from Whole Foods Markets over the last two months after seven E. coli O157:H7 infections have been linked to Nebraska Beef Ltd. Meat.
The people who fell ill — five of whom were hospitalized — had all eaten ground beef from Whole Foods last month. Test results indicate that the ground beef products were part of a nationwide recall of meat produced by Nebraska Beef Ltd. because of E. coli contamination.
What I found most disturbing is this quote:
“A review of records from Whole Foods indicates that some of the stores received product from the recall list,” the state said in a release. “At this time, it is not known why the food […]
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