Westland/Hallmark beef recall and others rocking the beef industry - (The Orange County Register)
April 9, 2008 – 7:02 pmhttp://www.ocregister.com/articles/food-safety-usda-2014112-recall-meat
In 2006, Seattle food safety attorney Bill Marler advised produce packers and growers to look at the beef sector for tips on reducing food borne illness outbreaks.
At the time, a series of E. coli outbreaks had rocked the industry sickening more than 200 people who ate tainted spinach or lettuce. In the meantime, the beef industry, plagued in the 1990s by similar food scares, had made great strides in reducing food poisoning cases.
Now, the pendulum has swung.
Since 2007, federal health officials have documented 67 beef recalls, up from eight in 2006. At least 20 recalls are linked to E. coli tainted meat.
“It’s not a pretty picture,” Marler said of the recent spate of beef recalls. “I wonder if they took their eye off the ball.”
Lawmakers and consumers wonder the same thing. In light of the recent recall of 143 million pounds of beef processed in a Chino slaughterhouse, many […]
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