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NEW JERSEY: Many red flags preceded a beef recall - (New York Times)

October 23, 2007 – 6:13 pm

Elizabeth, NJ — Over the summer, as Americans fired up their grills, the Topps Meat factory here scrambled, according to this story, to produce thousands of frozen hamburger patties for Wal-Mart and other customers, putting intense pressure on workers.
Federal regulators were cited as saying in interviews that as output rose, the company was neglecting critical safeguards meant to protect consumers. Three big batches of hamburger contaminated with a potentially deadly germ emerged from the plant, making at least 40 people sick and prompting the second-largest beef recall in history.
The story says Topps is now out of business, but the case points up broader problems in the nation’s system for protecting consumers from food-borne illness.
For the complete news item, please go to http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/business/

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