Iowa ground beef recalled after E.Coli find: USDA
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An Iowa-based company has recalled more than 5,000 lbs. of ground beef after tests detected a harmful strain of the E. coli bacteria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday.
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Twenty-one people in eight states may have fallen ill after eating hamburgers possibly contaminated with E. coli bacteria, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.
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School lunchrooms across Maryland and Virginia received beef that has been recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, education officials confirmed yesterday.
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Twenty-one people in eight states may have fallen ill after eating hamburgers possibly contaminated with E. coli, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The Topps Meat Company, based in Elizabeth, N.J., announced a recall on Tuesday of boxes of frozen hamburgers. The recall affects 331,582 pounds of frozen beef patties and 21 products distributed nationwide. Illnesses were reported in Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. A list of the recalled products is at www.toppsmeat.com.
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United Food Group has expanded the recall of ground beef products sold in 11 states to nearly five times the original amount, the company said.
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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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The USDA did not disclose details regarding the animal, but said it did not enter the food chain. The agency does not expect the finding to affect negotiations with Japan, which recently indicated it might soon open its borders to US beef.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Federal agents from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have intervened to help investigate an E. coli outbreak tied to tainted spinach from California's Salinas Valley.
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Federal food safety officials said fresh spinach is "as safe as it was before the outbreak," even though investigators have not determined the cause of a deadly E. coli outbreak.
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A defunct Canadian meatpacker is "a likely source" of beef that caused an outbreak of food-borne illnesses in the United States and Canada, the U.S. meat safety agency said on Friday.
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The Department of Agriculture ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of ground beef from a California slaughterhouse that supplies school lunch programs.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday recalled 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a Southern California slaughterhouse
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A package of Dole salad mix that tested positive for E. coli has triggered a recall in at least nine states
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Connors Bros. Income Fund on Monday expanded the recall of hot dog chili sauce made by its Castleberry Foods unit last week to include canned meat products on concerns they are also contaminated by a bacteria which causes botulism.
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By The Salt Lake Tribune  Mar. 6--GROCERY TO OFFER BAD-MEAT REFUNDS: Harmon's Grocery Stores will  offer customers refunds and replacement for ground beef purchased between Feb.  18 and March 2 that may be contaminated with a strain of E. coli bacteria.
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Natural Selection Foods LLC, the San Juan Bautista, Calif., processor of fresh produce that recalled bagged fresh spinach two weeks ago, said yesterday that it has begun testing spinach in the field for the E. coli bacteria.
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Two bags of spinach collected from E. coli patients in Wisconsin are linked to the national outbreak of the disease, state health officials said.