Ground Beef Recall - 34,373 Lbs. Recalled Over E. Coli Concerns

Glad I don't buy, or eat, ground beef.

Why aren't these products tested "before" they leave the plant? If they are and no one is awake enough to catch it, then maybe they should not be allowed to conduct this business?

It seems to be a problem for all food industries. They get tested after the fact. After they make people sick or worse. Why is this such a problem? Maybe the beef industry needs to "beef" up it's own over sight? Maybe the government needs to actually perform it's duties here?

Maybe some companies that consintantly fail on these issues, like a particular egg producer, need to be banned from the market?

It truly should be regularly tested before leaving the plant, I agree. Every package should be tested to assure everyone is safe. If a pregnant woman eats this she might not get sick at all, but the baby could die as a result of getting the infection!

This is just beyond disgusting work practice to not test it regularly before it hits our shelves.

thanks. Ill have to start watching where i buy my meat from.

The problem is that there are so many companies out there that provide "ground beef". This is usually pre-packaged, bulk meat. Not the kind that comes in the "stores" packages. I never buy them, even though the pricing is always better, just for this reason.

There are way too many re-calls for bulk beef. My cooking is questionable enough with out adding food poisoning to the table.

Isn't this the truth? I don't need food poisoning added to my limited repertoire either lol.

Really, how is a person to believe that what they cook for their family is healthy? If they also have to worry that that "healthy" meal is also suspect?

I try to shop local for that reason. At least I can confront and give a "bloody" nose so to speak, to anyone who does not meet my standards. Also I can physically inspect the premises.

If they don't want you to see the" back room", it's probably not a good place to shop!

I buy locally produced meat and veggies where I can. I freeze a lot of it for the rest of year. I have in the past experienced problems with quality at local chain stores.

Right now the "big" thing is "Certified Angus". What a load! It seems that any beef produced that even shared the same cattle lot with a real "Angus" is considered "Angus".

Being an older fart, I remember real "Angus". The crap on the market now does not come close to texture or flavor, not in any ones dreams. But the pricing is through the roof! Utility meat is being sold as choice now a days, because it came from "Angus". Paying $4.99 a pound for ground beef is ridiculous!

Makes me glad I don't buy it much. With the little one on board this could be fatal. :(

I know! It's incredibly scary!

Since I ate most of my meals in the cafeteria at the college I attended, I am pretty sure that I have immunity to most food-borne illnesses. If I could survive that, I can survive anything!

No, not even you could survive McDonald's beef that is washed in amonia before packaging.

The problem is there are only 13 slaughter houses in the USA that make the ground beef for everyone. I have stopped buying store beef, pork and chicken altogether. I now buy from online farms where the beef is fed grass not corn product. Cows are not meant to digest corn and it causes E coli. The solution is feeding grass for about a week but because that costs too much and the magnificent 5 (Tyson and company) are about production, not health.

If consumers would check out documentaries like "Food, Inc" you would learn why there is so much E-Coli breakout and furthermore would refuse to buy from these companies. Yes, I am paying more per pound however I am also getting healthy food. The cost of beef in the market is ridiculous too. I just spent 25 dollars in shipping fees and about $2.00/lb. for the beef but it is environmentally friendly too.

I agree. The cost is ridiculous today. You can bet that the actual person who did the labor, who grew that beef is the least compensated for the meat involved and the least guilty.

The "middle" men tack on the heaviest load here. Not that I think they should not make a fair deal! But there my friend is were the E-Coli comes into play.

It is not the origin as much as the "middle men". They choose to skip on the inspections and "expensive" testing. Profits over safety is not a new concept. They pretty much roll the dice with the results in their favor as to who eventually pays the price for sloppy safety practices.

A small business is wiped out. A large business with political clout, remains in business. All the while playing with your health and safety. They say "I'm" sorry, pay a few bucks in fines and go on in the same way. Kind of like the Oil companies.

The best thing to do is grind your own. I have a very simple and kinda small food processor that is easier to use than a traditional meat grinder. Nothing is better than hamburgers from two different cuts of beef, of pork - ground chicken breast tacos. The pre-packaged mass produced ground beef has many questionable practices plus the potential for contamination is very high.

You are missing the point. Ground beef is only a fraction of the problem. I agree we could grind our own and mixing is delcious! However, purchasing beef, chicken and pork from the slaughterhouse outputs continues to ruin our food.

What about the chickens that are raised in dark poop-filled barns and genetically changed to have larger breasts because the public prefers white meat and they are now egg hatchling to butcher in 45 days instead of the normal 90 orso days in the name of money. What about how many of them die each day because they are genetically altered?

We need to get rid of the USDA and the FDA, they are supposed to keep us safe but they haven't been able to stop any of these recalls, someone always gets sick then we find out it was our food to blaim. Nice job, always finding out after the fact.

We need to make the USDA come down on the slaughterhouses and make the filed lawsuits stick instead of getting dismissed because of huge payoffs from the big meat packing companies such as Tyson who has been sued before for horrible conditions.

I purchase ground beef in bulk and seperate it into 3/4lb ziplocs and freeze; I have no idea when, where etc I purchased the beef anymore. ugh.. just ridiculous!

Exactly so you either throw away all the GB or you play russian roulette with E-Coli and hospital bills.

I'm glad I don't eat meat, Kate.

Brad, that is really good. I can't say that I'm there though. We have meat here a few times a month.

Most people are exposed to various bacteria on a daily basis and never have any sort of ill response. I would like to make sure that everyone understands that feeding corn to cattle does NOT cause e.coli outbreaks. E. coli is a bacteria that occurs naturally in the intestinal tracts of mammals, including ourselves. Fecal matter is where the bacteria gets into the food supply, which is why there have been e.coli outbreaks with veggies as well as meat. Even if you grow your own food, it can become contaminated with e.coli as well as other bacteria.

I am not trying to cast aspersions on anyone's beliefs, and I'm not defending the slaughterhouses. I just think that some people might have the wrong idea about where e.coli actually gets into the food supply.

Thank you.
You can get e coli from fish out of fresh water also.

OMG people. First: You should ONLY be scared when a year goes by and NO RECALLS happen. That means people will get sick and or die. because no one knows. You don't care that it was caught at all.... you are just offended that it happens at all. GROW UP MEAT IS MESSY!
Second: Blogs should NOT BE ALLOWED to call them selves NEWS. No real Journalist would ever try to put phrases like: ( and i quote the above article) "So far there haven’t been any reports of illness from the E. Coli, but a sampling tested positive for the scary bacteria." the words "scary bacteria" don't inform... they just stir up a panic and fear of something that happens all the time and has procedures in place to deal with such events.
quote: "How scary it is for there to be yet another food recall at the beginning of this year!"
There's that damn NON JOURNALISTIC word again that does nothing to inform but only to incite irrational fear of something that is so common place to the point of procedures for just such an event being common practice.

You all really need to stop panicking over something that happens every single day and results in such a minimal # of illnesses (because of recalls) and above all stop reading a BLOG that calls it's self NEWS.
These are NOT reporters or journalists! They are bloggers that want to get your dander up and make you blog and scare everyone into blogging until every food industry that isn't 180% perfect is closed and you will wonder why you can't buy ground beef anymore. It was your senseless and irrational fear of the norm that screwed yourself out of Mac Donald's kids meals that shut your kids up for the drive.

You're right. We include our commentary, which is what I did. We are a secondary news cycle where people come to discuss the hot topics of the day. That's what we're doing here.

Excuse me Walter but I don't care who waves the red flag of blame. If a commodity I feed my family is dangerous. Dammit, I want to know! "Minimal" illness may hurt my family. It may hurt me or even you.

Sloppy and egregious performance of simple health guidelines may hurt the bottom line by a few bucks but at least it won't cost a life, which you seem to think is not important.

I read and watch both domestic and foreign news sources. I also read blogs. Some of the more enlightened and for seeing news I have read came from blogs. People that actually care and have invested real time in the subject they are reporting on. Where the "Paid" media falls apart. There are a million bloggers from all over the world, risking it all to report what they see and know.

They may be or not be right, I can fact check that, which I do. But the so-called NON-Journalistic, as you call them may be right. They are not being sponsored monetarily by the very entities they report on. Are you willing to bet your life or a member of your family that they are wrong with out checking it out?

Joanne. Please. if meat is poison then YOU are at fault for feeding to your family! To be the most ignorant person on the planet and say "If it isn't going to be 100% safe then then it shouldn't be" is your lot in life. Don't go outside because no one can make you 100% safe. don't drive a car because no one can make you 100% safe. Veggies grow in the dirty ground. why aren't you complaining that food is grown in dirty dirt?!?!?!?!?!?! You know that meat is filthy! but you eat it don't you?!?!?! How can you be a intelligent person and say I know this can't be perfect but I will eat it and then complain if ANYONE ANYWHERE gets sick from eating something that is FILTHY! Have you read "The Jungle?" I think not. because the difference between then and now is so beyond an order of magnitude! ( wiki that: order of magnitude) Kids are born with birth defects. It IS possible and DOES happen! are you going to tell everyone not to have kids because they could be deformed?!?!?!? What I am asking you all to do is keep it in perspective! YES E. Coli is ALWAYS in the meat of animals. What YOU are forgetting is that so many people haven't gotten sick on a day to day basis that 3 out of a BILLION people can NOT be a concern! You will always eat meat. you will most likely NEVER get sick. But that isn't good enough for you! you want to complain that there is EVER A CHANCE!!!! OMG don't breath: you will get cancer! Don't go outside: you WILL get killed by terrorists or criminals or a car or a bus or a plane could fall out of the sky or lightening.. how can you NOT see that what you are doing is yelling fire in a crowded movie house?!?!?! You are the bitch that locks her door when a minority walks by because you saw one commit a crime 10 years ago! The beef industry has given up more "Profit" than car companies or the airlines or any other service industry to make sure that their product is safe. Do you want people to stop driving because car crashes are possible?!?!?! I am just saying that you all are freaking out over something that isn't statistically threatening!

thanks for sharing :)