US and CANADA: Beef recalled by Whole Foods fell into regulatory gray area - (Washington Post)
August 12, 2008 – 11:55 pmIt can be legal to sell steaks and roasts that carry a potentially deadly strain of E. coli. But it is not legal to sell that meat if it is going to be used to make ground beef. As meat makes its way from packer to distributor to retailer, those distinctions can get lost, as Whole Foods found out in last week’s recall.
The natural food retailer pulled fresh ground beef from some of its stores after seven customers in Massachusetts fell ill with a strain of E. coli that has sickened people in 11 other states, the District and Canada.
The ground beef that Whole Foods recalled was made using primal or intact cuts — meat typically used for steaks and roasts — produced by Nebraska Beef under the Coleman Natural Meats brand, Whole Foods said.
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