- Hello Jeff - Let us not forget the E. Coli infected beef
recalls for 2007. That total was 33.3 Million pounds of beef. Unfortunately,
only a small portion of that beef was returned. Why? Because
the beef has been mostly eaten by the time the recall occurs. And,
we assume, the manufacturers didn't have to absorb the losses of the consumed
flesh.
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- The current debate is focused on whether or not mad cow
infected meat entered the food chain as a result of the latest atrocity
of the use of downer cows. Of course, if couldd...and probably did.
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- That's why as much as a BILLION pounds of (mostly already
eaten) beef is being recalled.
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- And let us not forget sick cows also could be carrying
E. Coli which has also sickened and killed people who eat such infected
beef. Last year was a banner year for "recalled" E. Coli beef.
- There is also a fear of Bovine T.B. infected meat.
Minnesota has just recently identified Bovine T. B. cases in Beef. Mad
Cow is just one of a myriad of illnesses that afflict downer cows.
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- Here is a list of diseases that could be residing that
'tasty' fast food double cheese burger...
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- Diseases Of Cattle - From 'Cattle Today'
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- HOME
- ANAPLASMOSIS
- ANTHRAX
- BLACKLEG
- BLOAT
- BRUCELLOSIS
- BSE
- BVD
- CALF SCOURS
- CANCER EYE
- COCCIDIOSIS
- FOOT AND MOUTH
- FOOT ROT
- GRASS TETANY
- IBR
- EXTERNAL PARASITES
- INTERNAL PARASITES
- JOHNE'S DISEASE
- LEPTO
- LISTERIOSIS
- LUMPY JAW
- PINKEYE
- RINGWORM
- TRICHOMONIASIS
- VIBRIOSIS
- WARTS
- WOODEN TONGUE
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- http://cattletoday.info/
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- 2007 E. coli Recall Totals More Than 33.3
Million Pounds
- By Bill Marler
- 12-27-7
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- The year 2007 is going to be remembered for the big beef
recalls due to E. coli returning with a vengeance. All totaled meat producers
were forced to recall over 33.3 million pounds of beef products.
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- Topping the list was the 21.7 million pound recall due
to E. coli that sent the New Jersey-based Topps Foods into bankruptcy.
When United Food Group in June was forced to recall 5.7 million pounds
of E. coli-laced ground beef, no one would have guessed it was going to
lead to a second half of 2007 that found E. coli in beef just like the
bad old days.
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- E. coli forced the recall of 3.3 million pounds of Totino's
and Jeno's frozen meat pizzas. In two separate recalls, Cargill had to
recall over 1.9 million pounds of beef they had contaminated with the deadly
E. coli pathogen.
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- Most of the big recalls of 2007 remain on the active
case list of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture. The percentage of recalled products actually
returned to manufacturers is often pretty low.
- Tags: E. coli Watch, Cargill, E. coli, Topps, Totinos,
recall
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- Patricia A. Doyle DVM, PhD
- Bus Admin, Tropical Agricultural Economics
- Univ of West Indies
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- Please visit my "Emerging Diseases" message
board at:
- http://www.emergingdisease.org/phpbb/index.php
- Also my new website:
- http://drpdoyle.tripod.com/
- Zhan le Devlesa tai sastimasa
- Go with God and in Good Health
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