elizabeth Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Recall_022_2009_Release/index.asp link to vast beef recall from USDA. I hope this is timely and has been recalled before it injures too many consumers. Please read and share with your loved ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 THANK YOU! We had a barbecue yesterday and three of our guests got sick last night. I'm off to check . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katemary63 Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 Got my freezer stuffed with home raised, hormone free, locally butchered beef. Yummy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelli in TN Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 As the financial chokehold on my budget tightened, I began to wonder if I had made an error in judgment error in choosing to spend extra money at the farmer's market last week buying two of the monthly specials from my favorite beef farmer (grass fed, hormone free, never seen a feedlot). I am glad I spent the extra money and can breathe a sigh of relief that none of the suspect beef is in my freezer!! Last time there was a recall I could not breathe so easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sputterduck Posted May 24, 2009 Share Posted May 24, 2009 I almost panicked. I have 3 pounds of beef in dehydrator. And another 2 in the fridge. It doesn't look like it refers to any of my stuff though. Yikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happygrrl Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Bumping.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loupelou Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Thanks for the heads up. I am forwarding this to family and friends!:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex-mex Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 THANKS! Just also warned my local HS group on Yahoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahli Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 (edited) We stopped eating beef about 2 years ago, and substitute ground turkey. I think there's been more than 3 recalls since then. I don't believe that it's safe at all, or healthy with the way it is raised and processed. Most beef, especially ground beef, doesn't get tested for e. coli. It's only a small sample of the entire product which is tested. This doesn't include grass-fed or organic beef, as a pp mentioned. edit- Cattle fed 40-50% distiller grains diet have increased rates of E. Coli. I don't know how many cattle are fed this diet, but I'm assuming it is more now than in the past with the current ethanol production. Edited May 25, 2009 by sarahli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Thank you for the warning. Is there any idea as to how far back it goes?? I mean, if you bought it say, 2-3 months ago is there still a risk or was it only recently discovered? Thank you. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth Posted May 25, 2009 Author Share Posted May 25, 2009 Weekend BBQers beware, a huge beef recall from Valley Meats LLC of Coal Valley, Ill. may have you checking your labels. According to a report from the Quad Cities, WQAD.Com, the government calls this a Class One recall. That means there is a reasonable chance that eating this product will cause serious health problems. BBQ Beware - Beef Recall From Valley Meats LLC, 96,000 Pounds The Chicago Tribune has this on the recalled beef and how to spot it. "The beef was produced in March 2009 and distributed in 10-pound to 40-pound packages, sold under brand names including Grillmaster, J&B, Thick 'N Savory, 3S, Klub and Ultimate. All of the recalled beef products bear the establishment number "EST. 5712" inside the USDA's inspection mark. *** A list of the recalled products -- all of which were produced on March 10 and packaged under a variety of labels -- is posted at http://www.fsis.usda.gov. The Associated Press notes in a report that the Ohio Department of Health alerted federal officials last week that a 3-year-old girl, a 24-year-old man and a 71-year-old man with no connection to one another were ill from E. coli bacteria with the same genetic fingerprint. Check the FDA List in the first post and there is a complete list of products affected. Much of this went to school lunch programs... unbelievable. It goes back a couple months but is mostly big tubes of meat or pre shaped frozen patties. I just hope that the recall is timely and of course, one person ill or deceased from consuming the recalled product is one too many . I just want to keep the thread current over the weekend in order to put the word out to as many people as possible . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom-ninja. Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Got my freezer stuffed with home raised, hormone free, locally butchered beef. Yummy! same here You know what I don't understand? My in-laws raise beef cattle, yet they do not use them for their own meat. They buy their meat from Walmart or other grocery stores. Then they complain about how small farmers are getting hurt, rant about how this country should go back to small farms and buying local, and complain about unnatural products in food. :confused: Prime example of not walking the talk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Uh oh. I take it that these are the pre-packaged meats in the tubes and whatnot? I buy from Sam's Club and already repackaged in my freezer:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabeth Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapbookbuzz Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Recall_022_2009_Release/index.asp link to vast beef recall from USDA. I hope this is timely and has been recalled before it injures too many consumers. Please read and share with your loved ones. What is it with beef already? Rats. As much as I love my burgers, being an Illini beef and corn fed girl and all, I think I'll just be much healthier these days if I just kiss it goodbye! Goodness! (PS Thank you for caring about all of us! :) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 We dont eat beef here. But, have stopped eating peanut butter and pistachios lately. Whats next, chocolate and alcohol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy in Ky Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 I treat every single piece of raw beef that comes into my house as if it were laden with ecoli and every piece of raw pork as though it has trichonosis (sp?). Cook-outs scare me silly, because I'm so obsessive about meat. We were at a cookout Monday and I wouldn't touch the grilled meat! :D Thanks for the heads-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 Cook-outs scare me silly, because I'm so obsessive about meat. We were at a cookout Monday and I wouldn't touch the grilled meat! :D No kidding! I just decided on Monday (after FIL gave me yet another not-quite-done burger) that I'm going to stick to the hot dogs at cookouts. I'd rather the nitrates kill me slowly than the bacteria kill me the next day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy in Ky Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 No kidding! I just decided on Monday (after FIL gave me yet another not-quite-done burger) that I'm going to stick to the hot dogs at cookouts. I'd rather the nitrates kill me slowly than the bacteria kill me the next day! Lol--I generally will eat the hotdogs, but Monday I didn't even eat one of those. I wasn't watching the griller cooking (I usually police the grill), and so I didn't know whether he was using the same utensils to touch the raw meat and the cooked meat. And suddenly I panicked and thought, "What if that big ole' box of beef franks are raw to start with?" I remember learning about a child who died from ecoli because he/she had eaten a hotdog that had simply been cooked and then placed on the platter that had held the raw hamburgers. I told you I am obsessive. Another aside--my children were not allowed to even eat a hamburger cooked anywhere other than my home (and I rarely cook them--maybe once every 5 years or so) until they were 6 years old. I read one time that under the age of 6 children are particularly vunerable to dying (I think) from ecoli. I figured, "Why risk it? They can survive a few years without hamburgers. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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