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Food Safety Alert: Blade Steaks Recalled After E. coli Outbreak in Six States
Cheree Cleghorn | December 26, 2009
This report names six states which have reports of E.coli outbreaks linked to meat sent to restaurants.
They are: Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, South Dakota, and Washington.
A recall of 248,000 pounds of beef began Christmas Eve.
Hamburger is not the problem this time—blade steaks (tenderized).
“Hours before millions of Americans sat down for Christmas Eve dinner yesterday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that National Steak and Poultry, of Owassa Oklahoma, was recalling 248,000 of beef over concerns the meat is contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. ( Emphasis added)
“USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said it became aware of the problem after a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigation of a cluster of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses.
“CDC and FSIS linked the outbreak to non-intact steaks–otherwise known as blade tenderized steaks–which were distributed to restaurants across the country. ” ( Emphasis added)
Source: Food Safety News, December 25, 2009
