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Mass Farm Ground Beef E. coli Recall

Adams Farm Slaughterhouse LLC of Athol, Massachusetts, has recalled 2,574 pounds of ground beef products distributed to private owners on three separate Massachusetts farms — Mazzarese, Side Hill Farm and Sweet Water Farm.

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)…

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Why Steak E coli Recall Didn’t Name Applebees

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) officially amended its regulations on August 18, 2008, to require publication of the names and locations of all retailers receiving meat or poultry subject to Class I product recalls — those deemed to be…

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E. coli Steak Recall Restaurant List Still Too Little, Too Late

Applebee’s and Olive Garden have been added to the list of restaurants affected by a Dec. 24 recall of nearly 250,000 pounds of steaks, medallions and other beef products that may have been tainted with  E. coli O157:H7, according to Nation’s Restaurant News. Previously…

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Moes Carinos KRM Restaurants Received E coli Recall Steaks from National Steak and Poultry

Steak-E-coli-recallThe large steak E. coli recall by National Steak and Poultry is limited to beef products sold primarily to the Moe’s, Carino’s Italian Grill and KRM restaurants in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, South Dakota and Washington.

That is the distribution information released Monday by…

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Beef Processors Should Take Responsibility for Contaminated Meat

by Attorney Fred Pritzker

It is a sad fact of life that meat processors selling adulterated products that harm or kill unsuspecting citizens often do whatever it takes to avoid responsibility for the harms and losses caused by their products.

Rather than…

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Where’s Restaurant List in Steak E coli Outbreak?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is helping to investigate an active steak E. coli outbreak apparently spread in at least six states through restaurants that purchased steak from Oklahoma-based National Steak and Poultry.

Our national food safety law firm…

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Washington Raw Milk Associated With Dungeness Valley Creamery E coli Outbreak

An outbreak of  E. coli O157:H7 in Washington state has been associated with raw milk produced by Dungeness Valley Creamery in Sequim, Washington.

The state’s departments of health and agriculture on Tuesday reminded consumers in a press release of the potential health hazards of…

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Family Files Lincoln Middle School E coli Lawsuit

ground-beef-ecoli-outbreakA second E. coli lawsuit has been filed against the Massachusetts meatpacker associated with the Lincoln Middle School E. coli outbreak that stemmed from a meal of hamburgers during a school trip to a nature camp in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

The second…

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New Hampshire E. coli Cases and One Death Linked to Fairbank Farms Hamburger

Hamburger E. coliThree E. coli O157:H7 cases and one E. coli death in New Hampshire have been linked to a recall of 545,699 pounds of Fairbank Farms ground beef products.  The CDC has a cluster of 26 E. coli cases in 11 states, including New Hampshire,…

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Fairbank Farms E. coli Outbreak Grows

ecoli-bacteriaThe multi-state outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 that has been linked to Ashville, N.Y.-based Fairbank Farms ground beef has now sickened at least 28 people in 12 states: California (1), Connecticut (4), Massachusetts (8), Maryland (1), Maine (2), Minnesota (1), New Hampshire…

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