Published Date: 2003-08-13 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/EDR> E. coli O157, ground beef - USA (CO): recall
Archive Number: 20030813.2008
E. COLI O157, GROUND BEEF - USA (COLORADO): RECALL
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Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 09:00:23 +0100
From: A-Lan Banks
Source: Rocky Mountain News (edited)
Colorado consumers should check their freezers for beef with the code "EST.
8934" on the label because the patties, steaks, and burgers may be
contaminated, health officials said. "It should not be eaten," said Patti
Klocker, head of the Colorado Department of Public Health's
consumer-protection division.
Two Colorado Springs teenage boys were admitted to hospital last week, and
test results were positive for _Escherichia coli_ O157:H7 bacteria, which
can cause bloody diarrhea, intense abdominal cramps, and other serious
problems. The teenagers recovered and were released from the hospital.
The beef, traced to Howard Beef Processors in Pipestone, MN, and sold in
Colorado through door-to-door vendors and supermarkets, was produced
between 30 May and 11 Jun 2003, Klocker said. Howard Beef recalled 194 700
pounds of chopped-beef steaks, ground-beef patties, and gourmet beef-steak
burgers.
"There is no definitive link implicating the recalled product to the 2
illnesses, but the investigation is continuing," Klocker said. Alicia
Cronquist, a Colorado Department of Public Health epidemiologist, said the
teenagers ate the beef for several nights and may not have cooked the meat
enough. "People need to cook hamburger thoroughly, to 155 to 160 degrees
Fahrenheit [68 to 71 degrees Celsius - Mod.SH], to kill the bacteria," she
said.
The supermarkets and sales companies that distributed the meat in Colorado
have not been identified, but an investigation is under way, Klocker said.
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[Summer in the northern hemisphere is associated with an increased amount
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adequately as well as to practise good kitchen hygiene, refrigeration, and
prevent contamination of cooked meat with surfaces that have been in
contact with the raw meat. - Mod.LL]
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2000
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