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E. Coli Beef Recall Alert: 4 Questions Answered

By Steven HofferAug 30th 2010 – 10:30AM

(Aug. 30) -- Just in time for Labor Day weekend, the U.S. Agriculture Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that a Pennsylvania meat company is recalling 8,500 pounds of ground beef products, due to concerns about E. coli 026. What, exactly, is being recalled? Ground beef produced by Cargill...

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The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), is the public health agency responsible for ensuring that the nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry, and egg products is safe, wholesome, and correctly labeled and packaged.

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