Ground Beef Recall Expanded

 Perhaps of interest, given the recent discussions about the beef
industry and the fact that some of ya may be getting one of these toxic
gut bombs from somewhere.  Just happened to be on the MSM news too.

Nearly 22 MILLION lbs of possibly E.coli contaminated dead cow.  WOW!

Homegrown/locally grown is looking better all the time, eh?  So are
beans and rice!  With the sometimes crawdad thrown in.

I love this line.......

"We sincerely regret any inconvenience and concerns this may cause our
consumers," Livermore said.            (Like your death)

Charlie......who apologizes if this shows more than once.....had a
glitch-thingie in the posting-thingie........or something.  It kept
refusing to show. Hmmmm......black helicopters and all......I kept
cutting things from the post commentaries.

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Ground Beef Recall Expanded Across U.S.

By TOM HESTER Jr.
Associated Press Writer

 TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- The Topps Meat Co. on Saturday expanded its
recall of frozen hamburger patties to include 21.7 million pounds of
ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria that
sickened more than a dozen people in eight states.

The recall of products distributed to retail grocery stores and food
service institutions in the United States was a drastic increase from
the 332,000 pounds recalled Tuesday.

The recall represents all Topps products with either a "sell by date"
or a "best if used by date" between Sept. 25 this year and Sept. 25,
2008. The Elizabeth-based company said this information is found on a
package's back panel.

All recalled products also have a USDA establishment number of EST
9748, which is located on the back panel of the package and-or in the
USDA legend, the company said.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday it had suspended the
grinding of raw products at the Topps plant after inspectors found
inadequate safety measures at the Topps plant. The USDA declined to
detail the inadequate safety measures.

"Because the health and safety of our consumers is our top priority, we
are taking these expansive measures," said Geoffrey Livermore, Topps'
operations vice president.

He said Topps has augmented its procedures with microbiologists and
food safety experts.

"We sincerely regret any inconvenience and concerns this may cause our
consumers," Livermore said.

The USDA said three people are confirmed as getting E. Coli from Topps
products, with 22 other cases under investigation. Cases were found in
Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and
Pennsylvania.

E. coli causes intestinal illness that generally clears up within a
week for adults but can be deadly for the very young, the elderly and
people with compromised immune systems. Symptoms can include severe
stomach cramps, bloody diarrhea and, in extreme cases, kidney failure.

A full list of the recalled products is available at
http://www.toppsmeat.com/  .

2007 The Associated Press.

 On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:58:43 -0500, Charlie wrote:


You want to raise your own cattle? I hope you have a big back yard.

Meat is going to have bacteria on it. Cattle have e-coli in their guts,
just like you do, so when you slaughter them that bacteria is going to
end up on the meat. In the case of hamburger it's going to get mixed in
when you grind it. The only way to eliminate it is to cook it or
irradiate it. This isn't new news, it's the reason that we've been
cooking our food for the last million years or so.

 On 1 Oct 2007 12:35:17 GMT, General Schvantzkoph


Did you ever drive by a slaughter pen?  The ground is soaked with
urine and feces and the cattle lay in that, stand in it and wait to
have their throats slashed and bled to death.  The meat industry is
dusgusting and vile.  So, I did the best possible thing; I don't eat
any meat at all. No fish, fish is meat.  We don't need meat of any
kind.

 

How are your vitamin B-12 levels?
--
Peace, Om

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 wrote:



Perfect, actually.  B-12 is found in other ways being a vegan or
vegetarian.  We need 20-30 grams of protein each day.  I get more than
that.

V