US: Food recalls apt to be du jour - (Baltimore Sun)
November 6, 2007 – 7:08 pmFood safety experts were cited as saying yesterday consumers suffering from recall fatigue should get used to news of contaminated food as underfunded regulatory agencies struggle to police a burgeoning food system that’s supplied by all corners of the world market,.
Just this weekend, more than 1 million pounds of E. coli-contaminated ground beef was recalled by Pennsylvania-based Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. from stores including Giant Food and Wegmans in Maryland.
In the past month, more than a half-dozen recalls have been issued for tainted meat products ranging from ground beef to frozen meat pizzas and potpies.
Michelle McFadden, 38, who was shopping yesterday at the Giant in Ellicott City, was quoted as saying, “It’s one thing after another,” adding that she, like other shoppers, said there’s little they can do to protect themselves, other than cooking food well and watching for news alerts, and she decided to play it safe by not […]
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