GROUND BEEF RECALL

HealthierMamasita

Illinois Company Recalls Ground Beef

Federal officials says meat poses a high health risk.

By Robert Preidt

FRIDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News)—Nearly 96,000 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with the potentially deadly bacterium E. coli 0157:H7 have been recalled by Valley Meats LLC of Coal Valley, Ill., the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday.

Federal officials classified the recall as "Class One," which means that eating the meat poses a high health risk, CNN reported.

An outbreak of illness linked to the meat was first reported by the Ohio Department of Health on May 13. Illnesses have also been reported in Illinois and Pennsylvania.

E. coli 0157:H7—which can cause dehydration, bloody diarrhea, and kidney failure—poses the greatest danger to the very young, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems, says the USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service.

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arewethereyet

:grumble:

naugustyniak

Yet another reason I don't eat meat

mnichol

second that...don't eat grocery store meat. who knows where it comes from.

LuckyLeprechaun

france... we come from france:huh: :laugh: