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Beef Recall Grows Amid Reports of Illness

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CHICAGO (June 28) - A Colorado meat company is expanding a recall of beef due to possible contamination by E.coli bacteria after an investigation found 18 illnesses may be linked to the meat, the company and the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Sunday.
Greeley, Colorado-based JBS-Swift Beef Co is voluntarily expanding its June 24 recall to include about 380,000 pounds of assorted beef products, for a total recall of about 421,000 pounds, USDA and the company said.
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The affected beef was produced on April 21 and was distributed nationally and internationally.
"The contamination may have come from further processing by other companies," Chandler Keys, JBS spokesman, said on Sunday.
USDA said the recalled products are typically used for steaks and roasts rather than ground beef. However, it said some of the beef may have been processed into ground products by other companies.
It is unlikely the recall will be expanded further, and JBS will be contacting customers that received the beef to learn how the product was distributed, said Keys.
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The contamination was investigated by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
E.coli O157:H7 is a potentially deadly bacteria that can cause bloody diarrhea, dehydration, and, in severe cases, kidney failure. The very young, seniors, and persons with weak immune systems are at the most risk.
Consumers with questions can call 1-800-685-6328.
JBS Swift is a unit of Brazilian meat company JBS S.A.
Reporting by Bob Burgdorfer; editing by Mohammad Zargham
Copyright 2009, Reuters
2009-06-28 12:25:30
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Mac2jr

05:10 PMJun 28 2009

Illegals at the plant, I believe that after the raid there are no illegals at this plant, but then. As for illegals, they are nothing but "legals" that just have not made it through the INS paperwork system, we have over 85,000,000 latino citizens living in the U.S.A., and millions of others from other countries. The problem is not with the illegals, it is with the Government's FDA inspections, the INS paperwork system, the companies and farmers that HIRE illegals because it is cheaper to do so, no health care, Social Security or Medicare to pay, no UE to pay and no health and life insurance to pay, thus HIGH CORPORATE PROFITS for the company, its managementt, it CEOs, and its STOCKHOLDRES. Wake up America, put the blame where it belongs.

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Govindabliss

05:09 PMJun 28 2009

DONT EAT DEAD BODIES! DONT USE YOUR BODY FOR A GRAVE YARD !

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DavSpru6

05:03 PMJun 28 2009

Check the ILLEGAL ALIENS working there ...Oh Thats Riight , Were are NOT Protecting American Jobs anymore .. Huh ?.. Just remember America , When Obama gives the ILLEGAL ALIENS Amnesty And you See ALL the Jobs they have taken and Stolen from LEGAL U S CITIZENS , And Gives them FULL SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.. YOU ! Should have Stood up and Demanded NO AMNESTY , And to Reauthorize E-Verify ! The Last JBSwift Plant that was raided Had 600 ILLEGAL ALIENS,,,But Those Jobs were filled within 48 hrs AFTER The Raid by LEGAL US Citizens..!! Oh , I know this is about E-Coli . What if it was Planted ?

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Aruprrwidow

05:01 PMJun 28 2009

I agree with MAC2

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Mac2jr

05:01 PMJun 28 2009

New Year Eve, 2008, Lancaster, PA, 20 to 30 people got food poisoning from improperly stored and cooked shrimp on a stick, several people go sick enough to go Lancaster General (EXCELLENT CARE HOSPITAL), and then sued, but since only a few joined the suit, it is now 16 months later and nothing is settled, and the tens of thousands of dollars in bills are still not paid. Medicare refused to pay due to the lawsuit, and the insurance companies refuse to pay due to Medicare and possibly winning (not a chance), and the people who were sick will not pay due to having Medicare and Insurance. The hospital gets screwed and nothing gets done about the employees that failed to prepare the food properly. What a System. ..... Wake up America, there has to be a better way.

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Aruprrwidow

04:58 PMJun 28 2009

People have cooked all of their lives. I am 52 and people has ordered meat any way they want it! It is where it came from! It is where it is packaged! The cow isn't butchered by many places anymore in a supermarket! Hello!

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Mac2jr

04:55 PMJun 28 2009

Whatever happened to "in-store FDA grading" of beef and other meat products? The truth is that he (the big companies and restaurant chains) who has the money gets the "Prime" cuts and we (the consumer that shops in Shop Rite, etc.,) gets the "crap" that is left over and cannot be sold elsewhere. It is time for the American consumer to "DEMAND" that our food products be inspected, graded, and available to the average person. Wake up America, we are dying on the vine, and don't seem to know it.

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ShopKnuckleheads

04:54 PMJun 28 2009

SGentilejr ,it is my understanding that just searing the outside of a solid piece of meat (say a steak) will kill the e-coli, because it is on the outside of the meat. not all through it. ground meats should be cooked thoroughly, because of the obvious- the outside, and whatever was on the outside, is now all mixed up, throughout the meat.

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Aruprrwidow

04:53 PMJun 28 2009

If the people can't understand English, how can they really hear English being spoken! They just laugh and go hey we are getting paid! They didn't care about their own Country, they all have a free ride here. America is NOT America anymore! Then they get a place to stay, an actual roof in which to produce babies. Listen to WHO you vote for! The white race will eventually be extinct! Which is what THEY all want. Idiots!

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Ujio8

04:53 PMJun 28 2009

"Truly Organic" meat grows wild and is called deer, elk, moose (OMG) and is availalbe for the price of a tag and a bullet or arrow.

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