Many Red Flags Preceded a Beef Recall
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The sharp increase of beef recalls involving E. coli raises questions about whether the Agriculture Department has given the meat industry too much leeway to police itself.
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Undercover video leads to recall of 143m lbs of beef from a southern California slaughterhouse
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Southern California meatpacker United Food Group LLC expanded a recall to include 5.7 million pounds of fresh and frozen beef that may be contaminated with the potentially deadly E. coli bacteria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday.
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The Agriculture Department said the brain of a cow tested positive three times for the presence of the proteins that cause the disease.
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Two companies are recalling livestock and fish feed ingredients because they contain the industrial chemical melamine, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday.
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In mid-March, 60 million cans and pouches of pet food were found to be tainted with melamine, a chemical used in fertilizer and plastics. The contamination was linked to wheat gluten and rice protein concentrate imported from China, and it triggered one of the largest pet food recalls ever. Globe staffer Diedtra Henderson spoke with Dr. David W.K. Acheson , ...
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Two companies are recalling livestock and fish feed ingredients because they contain the same chemical linked to the deaths of cats and dogs from tainted pet food, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday.
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Natural Selection Foods of California recalled its brands as the cases of a virulent strain of E. coli grew to 94 in 20 states.
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One week, it's E. coli in fresh spinach. Then there's the recall for botulism in canned chili, beef stew, hash and gravy. And another for "gripe" water for colicky infants due to concerns about cryptosporidium. Just this week, there was an expanded recall for E. coli in frozen burgers and another...
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China has sharply increased inspections of imported U.S. food, escalating a dispute with Washington over product safety and leaving American beef piling up in warehouses and delaying shipments of black pepper and other goods
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Tyson Fresh Meats, a Wallula, Washington unit of Tyson Foods Inc., is voluntarily recalling about 16,743 pounds (7.6 tons) of ground beef that may be contaminated with E.coli, the USDA said on Friday.
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Only hours after the US Department of Agriculture announced plans to lift the ban on the importation of Canadian cattle and beef products, a Canadian agency said they were investigating a new suspected case of &#39;Mad Cow&#39; disease.
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A California meat company issued a recall of 143 million pounds of beef, some of which was used in school lunch programs.
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Federal officials are trying to track down the 143 million pounds of beef recalled Sunday, but they say that most of it has probably been eaten.
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Consumer groups and the beef industry in the United States were yesterday attempting to avert any public panic over food supplies after officials at the Department of Agriculture revealed
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Consumer and cattle-industry groups are cautioning against public alarm as federal scientists look into a possible new case of mad cow disease.
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The same industrial chemical that led to a massive pet food recall was used in animal feed ingredients made by a U S company, health officials said yesterday.