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New Recall of meat

The federal inspector assigned to Topps didn't find the E.coli contamination. That discovery was made after dozens of people became ill and the pathogen was traced to Topps.
One inspector may seem inadequate for a major producer of meat patties sold to stores, schools, hospitals and restaurants. But this is worse than it seems. The inspector who was assigned to Topps also had responsibility for inspecting four other plants. This may lead you to agree with food-safety advocates who say the USDA is understaffed. But this, too, is worse than it seems. The USDA regulates about one-fifth of the nation's food supply, but it gets three-quarters of the food-inspection funding, according to the Wall Street Journal.
 
I still hear in the back of my head Stupak asking if more money for better regulations wouldn't just go to management bonuses as had been in the past.

We have a group of politically appointed people who think that they should just get bonuses for being in the positions they occupy. That seems to be what private industry is doing too.

It is the hallmark of cronyism.
 
FSIS will be Testing more domestic and imported ground beef components. These tests are in addition to the tests on beef trim, the primary component of raw ground beef. Countries supplying ground beef to the US will be required to conduct equivalent tests.

Ensuring safety of imported beef products. FSIS has informed countries that export raw beef to the US of the new US federal policies, standards and procedures for reducing E. coli O157:H7 risk and is working with them to make sure they implement the equivalent or better.
 
Another ground beef recall
Florida Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due to Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2007 - Blue Ribbon Meats, a Hialeah, Fla., establishment is voluntarily recalling approximately 8,200 pounds of frozen ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.
The products subject to recall include: [View Carton Labels, PDF Only]

10-pound boxes of "WESPAK B.R.'S BRAND SEASONED BEEF PATTIES FOR SALISBURY, 80/20."
10-pound boxes and 20-pound cases of "JNS FOODS, LLC, B.R.'S BRAND SEASONED BEEF PATTIES FOR SALISBURY, 80/20."
10-pound boxes and 20-pound cases of "JNS FOODS, LLC, BEEF PATTIE MIX, 80/20."
10-pound boxes and 20-pound cases of "JNS FOODS, LLC, BEEF PATTIES, 80/20."
10-pound boxes and 20-pound cases of "JNS FOODS, LLC, MEATLOAF SEASONED BEEF PATTIES, 80/20."
USDA recall announcement
 
Report: Cargill Meat Solutions fined
A faulty scale at its Schuyler, Neb., beef packing plant has cost Cargill Meat Solutions $22,000 in fines from the USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, according to the Web-based news service CattleNetwork.com
Cargill Meat Solutions, based in Wichita, has five packing plants in the U.S., including one in Dodge City. It is a division of Minnesota-based Cargill Inc.

GIPSA said a set of dynamic monorail scales at the Nebraska plant failed to meet accuracy tolerances established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

The charges were filed March 29 after GIPSA alleged the scales did not accurately determine livestock carcass weights.
 

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