- Hello Jeff - As the moderator points out, proper hygiene
and thoroughout the cooking process could prevent illness. Why anyone
would undercook meat is beyond belief. Thoroughly wash hands and counter
tops and utensils when preparing and cooking meat. And then do so again
afterwards.
-
- I still wonder why people eat meat these days.
-
- Patty
-
- E. COLI O157, GROUND BEEF - USA (MULTI-STATE) ALERT,
RECALL
-
- **************************
-
- Date: Wed 26 Sep 2007
- Source: Associated Press
- http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hufnMgD3WICjcgQqvtiBiNGrkfag
-
-
- The CDC (US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)
said Wed 26 Sep 2007 that 21 people in 8 states may have fallen ill after
eating hamburgers possibly contaminated with _E. coli_ [O157] bacteria.
CDC spokeswoman Lola Russell said 3 cases, 2 in New York and one in Florida,
are confirmed as being linked to the ground beef, with the other 18 cases
possibly linked and under investigation. No one has died, but Russell said
she had no additional information on the cases.
-
- Elizabeth, NJ-based Topps Meat Company announced a recall
Tue 25 Sep 2007, for boxes of frozen hamburgers it distributed. The recall
affects 331 582 pounds of frozen beef patties and 21 products that were
distributed nationwide, the USDA (US Department of Agriculture) and Topps
said.
-
- Russell and USDA spokeswoman Amanda Eamich said the illnesses
were reported in Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Maine, New Jersey, New
York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. In Florida, the parents of a 15-year-old
Fort Lauderdale girl alleges she suffered kidney failure in August 2007
after eating a Topps hamburger patty tainted with _E. coli_ that her mother
bought at Wal-Mart.
-
- Topps spokeswoman Cortney McMahon said officials continue
working to find the cause of the contamination. "That investigation
is still ongoing," McMahon said. "Topps is going to fully cooperate
with the USDA."
-
- Health officials found contaminated burgers in one New
York victim's home freezer. The boxes recalled carry the number "Est.
9748" inside the USDA mark of inspection. The company, the leading
American manufacturer of frozen hamburgers, said this was its 1st recall
in its 65-year history.
-
- New Jersey Health Department spokesman Tom Slater said
the state has 4 suspected cases. Slater urged consumers to return the product
to the store and immediately call their doctor if they ate the hamburgers
and feel symptoms similar to stomach flu.
- ==
- A full list of the recalled products is available at
- http://www.toppsmeat.com
-
- Byline: Tom Hester Jr.
-
- --
- Communicated by:
- ProMED-mail
- promed@promedmail.org
-
- Not surprisingly, the number of cases of _E. coli_ O157
disease is increasing in number and location. Essentially all of these
were preventable, independent of the contamination, by appropriate kitchen
hygiene and cooking techniques. - Mod.LL
-
- Patricia A. Doyle DVM, PhD Bus Admin, Tropical Agricultural Economics
Univ of West Indies Please visit my "Emerging Diseases" message board at:
http://www.emergingdisease.org/phpbb/index.php Also my new website:
http://drpdoyle.tripod.com/ Z han le Devlesa tai sastimasa
Go with God and in Good Health
|
