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Burgers Recalled for Undeclared Allergens
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Saturday that J&B Group of Pipestone, Minnesota, was recalling approximately 456 pounds of...
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Five E. coli Cases Linked to Recalled Canadian Burgers
Burgers that were recalled in Canada last week for potential E. coli contamination have now been linked to five illnesses, reported health officials Monday. The same strain of E. coli O157:H that was...
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Wisconsin Raw Beef Recalled
Glenn’s Market and Catering, a Watertown, WI establishment, is recalling approximately 2,532 pounds of raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of...
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E. coli Illness Connected to Recalled Burgers in Canada
A case of E. coli infection has been connected to frozen beef burgers recalled by the Canadian division of Safeway grocery stores last week, Canadian health officials announced on Wednesday. At least...
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Holiday Cookouts: Add Liberal Amounts of Food Safety
Ah, summer. Memorial Day is on its way. Time to gear up for picnics and barbecues! Along with shopping lists, recipes and guest lists, here’s something else to put in your holiday file: If you want to...
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Seven Sick With E. Coli From Scottish Arena
The health board in West Central Scotland is investigating seven cases of E. coli O157 possibly linked to burgers from the SSE Hydro arena in Glasgow. The NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) issued...
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New Illnesses Bring Scottish E. Coli Outbreak to 21 Sick
An additional six cases of E. coli have been linked to burgers eaten at the Glasgow Hydro arena, bringing the total number ill to 21. The cases first began appearing several weeks ago. Some attendees...
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Medium-Rare Burgers: A Risky Culinary Comeback
For those in the food industry, the Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak of 1993 is known as the single event that convinced burger joints across the country to raise their internal cooking temperature by...
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Most Consumers Don’t Use Food Thermometers Despite Importance to Food Safety
A couple of weeks ago, I was having dinner with my parents. My dad was making chicken and asked me what temperature he needed to cook it to. After all, working for Food Safety News does qualify me as...
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FSA finds Brits not up to the mark on best burger practices
A survey of about 2,700 British adults has found that while 71 percent of them said they were concerned about food poisoning, 36 percent would still eat a burger that wasn’t completely cooked....
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BPI Sues to Keep Ammonia Beef Records Private
The ammonia beef saga has taken an interesting twist. Right before the New York Times published an article questioning the pervasive use of ammonia in beef processing, lawyers at Marler Clark, LLP, a...
View ArticleOn Cooking Burgers: Out, damned E. coli! Out!
For decades, the meat industry has insisted that pathogens like E. coli O157:H7 are inherent to raw meat, that there is no way for the manufacturing process to eliminate the possible presence of...
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1st Quarter Recalls Top 9.1 Million Pounds
About 4,595 tons of meat and meat products were recalled during the first quarter of 2010, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)....
View ArticleGround Beef Recalled In Modesto
Going into this past weekend, on April 10, WinCo Foods recalled all ground beef products sold at its Modesto, CA store between April 3 and 9, 2010. The Class 1, High Health Risk recall is only for the...
View ArticlePulitzer Awarded for Food Safety Expose
Michael Moss and members of the New York Times staff won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting for telling Stephanie Smith’s story, it was announced Monday. Smith is the Minnesota dance...
View ArticleCargill, E. coli Victim Settle Suit
From a Press Release: Stephanie Smith and Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation announce jointly that they have settled the lawsuit filed by Ms. Smith in December 2009. Ms. Smith, a twenty-two year old...
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Another Look at School Ground Beef Standards
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) detailed new, more stringent standards for ground beef purchased for the the National School Lunch Program in the wake of a December 2009...
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6-Month Old Beef Recalled: Check Your Freezer
A one million pound recall of ground beef contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 associated with an outbreak in California may have come too late to do much good. Still, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection...
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Play It Safe With Hamburgers
MYTH: I don’t need to use a thermometer when I’m cooking hamburgers. If the meat inside the burger is brown–not pink–it’s safe to eat. FACT: According to USDA research conducted in 1998, one out of...
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Canada: Cowboy Burgers Recalled for E. coli
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced this week that Leadbetters Foods Inc. is recalling its Leadbetters Cowboy Beef Burgers for potential contamination with E. coli O157:H7. According...
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Can High Pressure Technology Make Hamburger Safer?
Hailing a patent-pending process for a new line of fresh hamburger patties as a “natural option for food safety” and a “technological breakthrough,” meat-industry giant Cargill has begun using a method...
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Rare, Red Burgers on the Black Market
“And how would you like your burger — medium, medium-well, or well-done?” The cooked end of the spectrum is the only option at restaurants in North Carolina, where rare burgers have been banned by...
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French Children Ill with E. coli from Hamburgers
Like an aftershock following a big earthquake, an outbreak of E. coli is causing apprehension in France, but is said to be unrelated to the larger outbreak of O104:H4 centered in northern Germany. The...
View ArticleDon't Microwave These Recalled Burgers
Minute metal fragments found on a ready-to-eat hamburger prompted an Iowa company to recall approximately 10,668 pounds of beef patties, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection...
View ArticleFSIS Cuts O157 Tests for Ready-to-Eat Meats
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will no longer test dry and semi-dry fermented sausage and fully cooked meat patties for E. coli O157:H7. Saying it has...
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Millions Still Like Their Burgers Pink
Despite repeated E. coli outbreaks linked to undercooked ground beef, millions of Americans continue to favor their burgers slightly pink inside. That’s the gist of a survey by researchers at the...
View ArticleRecall Expands for Beef Linked to E. Coli Case
The February recall of certain beef burgers and beef steaks in Canada has been expanded, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The beef may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 and...
View ArticleCanada E. Coli Beef Recall Expands Again
Canadian health authorities are once again expanding a recall of certain beef products as part of an ongoing E. coli O157:H7 investigation. One illness has been reported in connection with these...
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Iowa Leaders Seek Congressional Hearing on Pink Slime Critics
Congressman Steve King (R-IA) and Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad are pushing for a congressional probe into what many in the meat industry are calling a “smear campaign” against Lean Finely Textured Beef...
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Watch a 1-Hour Webinar on Lean Finely Textured Beef
Over the last 2 years, Food Seminars International has produced over 100 online “webinars” on food safety and related fields. FSI often teams up with the Food Processing Suppliers Association to...
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