FSIS announces ground Beef Recall
November 2nd, 2009 | by admin | 517 views
Fairbank Farms is recalling about 545,699 pounds of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Saturday.
The products made by Fairbank Farms, based in Ashville, N.Y., were sold with the labels Trader Joe’s, Price Chopper, Lancaster, Wild Harvest, Shaw’s, BJ’s, Ford Brothers and Giant retailers. For a complete list of the products, click here.
Each package bears the establishment number “EST. 492″ inside the USDA mark of inspection or on the nutrition label. These products were packaged on September 15 and 16, 2009, and may have been labeled at the retail stores with a sell-by date from September 19 through 28, 2009. The products were sent to distribution centers, intended for further distribution to retail establishments in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.
Illnesses and death
FSIS became aware of the problem while investigating a cluster of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts. Working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state health and agriculture departments, FSIS determined that there is an association between the fresh ground beef products subject to recall and the illnesses.
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services on Saturday announced a death related to the recalled products, but did not release any information on the victim, the Boston Globe reported. The victim was believed to be the first death associated with these recalled products.
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By Esbee on Nov 5, 2009
The USDA has a plan ready to go to protect you from all that unsafe beef and other meats, thing is, there are over 90% who oppose it (including me) and after you read how the plan will work perhaps you can see why so many oppose it…..
NAIS(National animal Identification System) requires that every single person who owns one livestock type animal, exotic fowl such as parakeets and fish, even if it is a pet, will join. (note-even though the UASDA claims NAIS is voluntary, the document says it is mandatory!)
I do not own cattle and am in no way connected to the beef/pork/chicken industry but because I own horses, I will be forced to be part of this plan, thereby working for free for big ag, and paying into the system with my time and money just so you and the world can enjoy “the appearance” of safe beef/pork/chicken…
Under NAIS I must—
1. register my premises with the government, even though this step clouds title to private property simply by the language used. A 15 digit gps/bar code type number goes with the property forever, even if at a later date, there are no animals are on it.
2. All my critters must be microchipped. Besides the costs of chips, vet calls, scanners and computer programs will be needed (more $) Factory farms like Cargill, do NOT have to do this, they get one lot number per group of animals. Any animal in that group could be diseased and who would know.
3. I report All births, deaths and movements reported into a database within 24 hours or face huge fines. This costs time and money and databases are often hacked into. Again factory farms have few reporting events, already what they do as part of business.
4. If animal disease is suspected in an area, the USDA can depopulate a 6 mile radius (140 sq. miles of dead healthy animals that never came in contact with the supposed sick animal). Testing for disease not necessary.
Don’t you feel safer about what you eat because I told the govt everywhere I rode my horse, gave up my property rights and spent thousands of dollars in microchipping, report fees and technical equipment? Or do you think I am just plain crazy? Well I wish I were the crazy one but this program is what your govt thinks will keep our food supply safe. And they got one hatched that will track private gardens, also. (HR2749) even though we do not want nor need any of these programs.
NAIS is being pushed as an animal disease tracking program but it will not prevent animal disease nor ensure food safety since tracking stops at slaughter, after which is when food safety issues occur. How does my telling the government where and when I ride my horse insure the you and the Japanese are eating safe American beef?!?!?!