More US beef being recalled over salmonella fears

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

an hour ago

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says a unit of Brazil’s JBS is now recalling a total of more than 12 million pounds of raw beef that was shipped around the country. JBS Tolleson in Arizona already recalled about 7 million pounds of beef in October.

Health officials say their investigation identified additional products with the USDA inspection number “EST. 267.” The products were packaged between late July and September. The USDA says any products still in people’s freezers should be thrown away. It says 246 illnesses have been reported.

The USDA says salmonella is prevalent in raw poultry and meat and is reminding people of to properly cook and handle meat. It says cooking kills salmonella.


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Related: JBS Tolleson, Inc. Recalls Raw Beef Products due to Possible Salmonella Newport Contamination (USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service)

[Aristus]

1. Who knew that shatteringly unsanitary factory farming conditions would lead to

contaminated meat?

[matt819]

2. Buy local

Vegetarians and vegans would recommend skipping meat altogether. And that's fine.

But if you're a meat eater, go with locally purchased products. Yes, in many (most?) cases, meat and poultry make their way through commercial abattoirs. But these are (I think) much smaller in scale than the major industrial processors. And, at least in my mind, this reduces the likelihood of large scale salmonella and e.coli incidents. Pricing doesn't always make that possible, but where we can, that's what we do.

[MFM008]

4. romaine lettuce?

Nothing is really safe .

[turbinetree]

3. And if anyone read the book Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis can see why this is happening

in the USDA.........................the sexual predator and the right wing libertarian congress................


November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough.......................

[Joe Nation]

5. And it's another good time to be a vegan

I just keep winning.