BLOG: Nebraska Beef E. coli now linked to illnesses in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Utah, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Canada - It is time from Dorothy Lane, Kroger, Whole Foods and Coleman Natural Meats make better decisions. - (Marler Blog)
August 9, 2008 – 5:28 pmIf I poisoned 85 people, my guess is that I would be facing serious jail time (I can see the Raw Milk and Big Beef folks dancing now). However, if youre a company, like Nebraska Beef, that slaughters about 2,000 head of cattle a day, employs about 800 people in Omaha and has successfully sued the USDA, rules just do not seem to apply.
As I posted last night, Nebraska Beef, “EST 19336,” late Friday night recalled an additional 1.2 million pounds of beef products that have sickened more than 30 people. This is in addition to the 5.3 million pounds of meat that has been linked to at least other 49 cases of E. coli O157:H7 in seven states.
As I also posted last night, some of Nebraska Beef’s products were sold by Whole Foods Market (supplied buy Coleman Natural Meats), which also announced a recall Friday. Whole Foods is recalling […]
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