Ground Beef Made With XL Trim Recalled by Safeway in 3 States
Canada’s big beef recall—the one that’s been expanded five times to include more than 200 products—has now reached the U.S. in a major way. On Saturday, Safeway recalled a long list of its own ground...
View ArticleUSDA Criticized for Slow Response to Canadian E. coli O157:H7 Recall
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is taking heat for what some are calling a too slow response to a massive Canadian beef recall for E. coli O157:H7. Washington,...
View ArticleFSIS: Canadian Beef Recalled for E. coli Was Used for U.S. Raw Ground Beef
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is alerting the public that whole muscle cuts related to a large, ongoing Canadian E. coli O157:H7 beef recall were used to...
View ArticleXL Foods E. coli Recall Includes 890,000 Pounds of Beef Shipped to U.S.
The massive Canadian XL Foods E. coli recall — which has now been expanded seven times — includes some 890,000 pounds of beef manufacturing trim and an unknown amount of boxed beef that was sent to 12...
View ArticleE. coli Beef Recall Expands Again; U.S. Retailers Nationwide Added
UPDATE — Late Thursday, the Government of Canada temporarily suspended the operating license for XL Foods Inc.’s beef processing plant at Brooks, Alberta, The Globe News reported. The Canadian Food...
View ArticleXL Foods E. coli Beef Recall Expands Again
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) over the weekend again expanded its recall of beef products from XL Foods for E. coli O157:H7 contamination. The Canadian recall, which has now been expanded...
View Article“It’s Not Our Job!”
That’s the mantra chanted by FDA whenever they are asked to provide retail distribution information for recalled products. It’s the mantra offered by some State Departments of Health – and, on...
View ArticleCanadian Beef Recall Grows, Again
The largest beef recall in Canadian history grew even larger Monday with the government’s announcement that more products are being taken off the market for potential E. coli contamination....
View ArticlePressure Builds in Alberta to Reopen Canada’s XL Foods
Canada’s largest in history beef recall and the closure of the nation’s largest meat processing plant is putting unusual pressure on regulators to return the facility to service. As of Monday, it...
View ArticleXL Foods Recall Highlights a Serious Problem: Tenderized Steaks Lack Labels
Sometimes events come together that highlight a serious problem. That certainly is the case with the recent Canadian Beef recall by XL Foods. Over the past two weeks, XL Foods, Inc. – a Canadian firm –...
View ArticleCanadian Beef Outbreak Grows, Recall Expands
The number of Canadians ill with E. coli O157:H7 from XL Foods ground beef officially grew to 10 on Saturday as the company also expanded its list of recalled products once again, according to the...
View Article2.5 Million Pounds of Recalled Canadian Beef Entered U.S.
Approximately 2.5 million pounds of beef now-recalled over E. coli O157:H7 concerns was imported into the U.S. from XL Foods, Inc. in Canada, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food...
View ArticleMore Illnesses Tied to XL Foods Beef; Recall Expands to Hong Kong
Illnesses linked to a massive recall of Canadian beef have more than doubled this week as the recall continues to expand, most recently to include Hong Kong. Eleven E. coli O157:H7 cases have now been...
View ArticleHawaii Meat Market Recalls 4,100 Pounds of Ground Beef
About 4,100 pounds of ground beef was recalled Monday by the Higa Meat & Pork Market in Honolulu for possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination. USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service made the...
View ArticleGround Beef Recalled for Possible E. coli Contamination
Update: Food Safety News called a company spokesman and learned that the recalled product was shipped to six states: Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. The story below...
View ArticleGround Beef Destined for School Lunches Recalled for ‘Foreign Materials’
A Hanford, CA, meat company has recalled more than 58,000 pounds of ground beef after a Food Safety and Inspection Service investigation prompted by customer complaints found that the product may...
View ArticleWolverine Packing Recall: What Consumers Need to Know
You may have heard about the FSIS announcement this week that the Wolverine Packing Company in Detroit, MI, was recalling 1.8 million pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E....
View ArticleUpdate: Retail Locations Believed to Have Received Recalled Ground Beef...
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) again updated its list of retail locations in several states the agency “has reason to believe” received ground...
View ArticleCargill Recalls Ground Beef From Canadian Walmarts for Possible E. Coli...
Cargill Meat Solutions is recalling Your Fresh Market brand ground beef products from the marketplace due to possible E. coli O157 contamination, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Monday....
View ArticleTyson Fresh Meats Recalls 8 Tons of Lean Ground Beef for Possible E. Coli Risk
Tyson Fresh Meats of Dakota City, NE, is recalling approximately 16,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety...
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