Published Date: 2000-12-05 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> E. coli O157, ground beef - USA (Midwest): recall
Archive Number: 20001205.2113
E. COLI O157, GROUND BEEF - USA (MIDWEST): RECALL
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E. coli O157? - USA (Wisconsin) 20001026.1862Date: 4 Dec 2000 11:48:09
From: M. Cosgriff <mcosgriff@hotmail.com>
Source: Nando Times, 3 Dec 2000 [edited
<http://www.nandotimes.com/nation/story/0,1038,500286161-500451884-502952171-0,00.html>
E. coli Fears Spur Beef Recall in Upper Midwest
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The parent company of the Cub Foods grocery store chain expanded a ground
beef recall Saturday [2 Dec 2000 after 21 people were sickened by _E.
coli_ bacteria. Michael Wright, CEO of Eden Prairie-based Supervalu, said
ground beef contaminated with _E. coli_ had been traced to Green Bay, WI,
meatpacker American Foods Group Inc.
Cub Foods announced Friday that it was removing all fresh ground beef from
its Minnesota stores and 2 Wisconsin stores after investigators with the
Minnesota Department of Health linked its ground beef to 17 _E. coli_
infections.
Supervalu expanded the recall on Saturday to include other Supervalu stores
in Minnesota as well as Cub Foods stores in Chicago and Indianapolis after
health officials reported 4 new Minnesota cases, including a 2-year-old who
had developed a potentially fatal kidney infection [perhaps this represents
hemolytic-uremic syndrome rather than a "kidney infection" - Man. Ed. DS
from _E. coli_ poisoning [infection.
Other stores involved in the recall include County Markets, Kowalski's and
Jerry's, all of which get ground beef from Supervalu.
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[The Minnesota Department of Health website
<http://www.health.state.mn.us/> indicates that for at least 17 of the
cases _E. coli_ O157:H7 isolates have been identified, all with the same
genetic fingerprint (presumably by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis
analysis). - Mod.ES
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