The beef recall, and avoiding contamination From Newsday Did anyone get sick from the recent recall of beef processed by the Westland/Hallmark Meat Co.? Last year there were 21 such recalls, including that of 21.7 million pounds of raw meat distributed by the Topps Meat Co. And, if the ground meat of a clean animal is ground with that of a contaminated one (standard operating procedure), the whole mass will be compromised. Avoiding premade burgers and grinding your own meat may reduce your risk of infection somewhat, but cooking ground beef until...

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Beef supplies 'at risk' if retailers don't pay more From Scotsman Farmers are currently receiving almost 15 per cent more for finished cattle than 12 months ago, with top-quality animals now making about 250p per kg on the hook, but this is still not enough to maintain the required level of production. That scenario is now highly unlikely, given the fact that the Meat and Livestock Commission reported that the kill of prime cattle during January was down by 6 per cent on a UK basis and 4 per cent lower in Scotland. Current values for store cattle - young...

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Beef patties taken off local school menus From Press Beef patties will stay off the lunch menus in Broome and Tioga county schools for the near future, officials said Monday. "It's going to be awhile before I serve it (beef patties)," said Fran Pierson, director of the food services program for the Chenango Forks School District, which had to throw out seven cases of patties. Some people may question the decision to throw away the beef because the health risk was low, said Ray Denniston, director of the food service program in the Johnson City...

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Grocers Watch Out for Bad Beef Products From KIMT Now, in the last 12 months I can say we're probably get a recall at least once a week if not two times a week," Manager of Wanger Foods Curt Heimer said. Heimer says his store didn't have any of the bad beef in the latest recall. W hen there is any kind of food recall, the food distribution warehouse gets in touch with local grocers and gives them the sell by dates and numbers on the product.

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NJ schools given bad beef, state says From The Express Times Warren and Hunterdon county school districts received beef that was part of the Hallmark/Westland Meat Packaging recall, the state Department of Agriculture said Monday. A recall of 143 million pounds of Hallmark/Westland's beef products was announced Feb. 17, nearly three weeks after the U.S. Department of Agriculture suspended the company's participation in federal food and nutrition programs.

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