Published Date: 2004-08-25 23:50:00
Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> E. coli O157, ground beef - USA: recall
Archive Number: 20040825.2374
E. COLI O157, GROUND BEEF - USA: RECALL
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Date: Wed 25 Aug 2004
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Source: The Business Journal of Kansas City [edited]
<http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2004/08/23/daily8.html?jst=b_ln_hl>
Meat recall includes products for Applebee's
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Illinois meat processor, Quantum Foods, is voluntarily recalling 406 000
pounds of frozen beef products, including some packaged for use by
Applebee's International Inc. restaurants, after tests revealed the
products may be tainted by the _E. coli_ O157 bacterium. Frank Ybarra,
spokesman for the Overland park-based restaurant chain, said the company's
best initial estimate "is that only about 80 000 pounds of this beef
involved Applebee's."
The USA Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service
reported, on Mon 23 Aug 2004, that the products subject to recall were
produced on 23-24 Jun 2004 and were distributed nationwide to restaurants,
military institutions, and retail stores. Some products also were
distributed through door-to-door sales.
Ybarra said it was not likely that Applebee's still has any of the suspect
meat, because "this is the kind of inventory we would burn through pretty
quickly." Each box bears the establishment code "EST. 213-D" inside the
USDA seal of inspection.
The recall was initiated after epidemiological case studies, conducted by
public health officials, concluded that the recalled product may be linked
to 4 _E. coli_ illnesses in Colorado.
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[Until all ground beef is irradiated, or pre-distribution testing is more
adequate, the best ways to prevent _E. coli_ O157 illness from ground beef
are adequate cooking and good food/kitchen hygiene. It is unclear whether
the reported Colorado cases were related to this vehicle and how far from
Illinois (geographically) the ground beef was distributed. - Mod.LL]
See Also
E. coli O157, ground beef - Canada (multiprovince): recall 20040808.2184E. coli O157, ground beef - USA (MN, WI): recall 20040804.2128
E. coli O157, butcher shop - UK (Durham)(02) 20040723.2015
E. coli O157, butcher shop - UK (Durham) 20040706.1809
E. coli O157, ground beef - Canada (QC) 20040721.1981
2003
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E. coli O157, ground beef - USA (CO): recall 20030813.2008
E. coli O157, frozen steaks - USA (Midwest): recall 20030701.1617
2002
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E. coli O157, ground beef - USA (Midwest): recall 20020930.5429
E. coli O157, ground beef - USA (multistate): recall (03) 20020719.4806
E. coli O157, ground beef - USA (Colorado): recall 20020712.4733
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