WISCONSIN: Fred Pritzker calls on American Foods Group to explain why it has produced over 800 tons of adulterated meat - (Pritzker | Ruohonen)
November 28, 2007 – 8:37 pmhttp://www.pritzkerlaw.com/blog/food-poisoning/2007/11/fred-pritzker-calls-on-american-foods.html
American Foods Group, LLC, a Green Bay, Wisconsin firm, is voluntarily recalling almost 48 tons of ground beef products that may be contaminated with potentially deadly E. coli O157:H7, according to a November 24, 2007 announcement by the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service.
The ground beef products were produced on October 10, 2007 and were distributed to retail stores and distributors in Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Virginia. According to the FSIS, the problem was discovered through an investigation into two illnesses initiated by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
American Foods Group, LLC is the name of a company resulting from a merger between American Foods Group and another meat processor, Rosens Diversified. The company claims it is among the top three privately held meat processors in the United States and employs approximately 4,000 people.
This is not the first E. coli O157:H7 recall involving American […]
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