US: Most recalled meat is never recovered, likely is eaten - (USA Today)
December 3, 2007 – 7:56 pmhttp://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2007-12-02-meat-recalls_N.htm
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Consumers may draw comfort from federal meat recalls that alert stores, restaurants and households to potentially unsafe meat.
But most recalled meat is never recovered raising the possibility that it was consumed before or even after the recall according to a USA TODAY analysis of recall data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
For 73 meat recalls this year and last, recovery rates per recall averaged 44%, but for five recalls that followed reports of consumer illness, recovery rates per recall averaged just 20%.
Kenneth Petersen, USDA assistant administrator, said that recalls spawned by reports of illness have low recovery rates because weeks or months can pass between when a product is produced, someone gets sick and illness is linked with food; recalls resulting from the USDA’s product testing tend to result in higher recovery rates.
There have been 54 meat recalls this year, up from 34 last year. For the most […]
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