WASHINGTON: Food safety rules tightened after E. coli recall - (Reuters/ USA Today)
October 23, 2007 – 10:52 pmWashington — U.S. food safety inspectors were cited as saying Tuesday they will expand tests and recall infected meat more rapidly to combat E. coli contamination of meat products after the largest American manufacturer of hamburger patties went out of business this month.
The U.S. Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said in a briefing the number of E. coli recalls climbed to 15 so far in 2007 compared to the five cases reported in all of 2005.
Under Secretary for Food Safety Richard Raymond was quoted as saying, “We want the American consumer to know that FSIS has taken a number of aggressive actions … associated with this pathogen and we are further expanding these efforts.”
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