Consumer Advice > Product Recalls > FoodOctober 01, 2007

Ground Beef Recall Expanded Across U.S.

The Topps Meat Co. on Saturday expanded its recall of frozen hamburger patties to include 21.7 million pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria that sickened more than a dozen people in eight states.

The recall of products distributed to retail grocery stores and food service institutions in the United States was a drastic increase from the 332,000 pounds recalled Tuesday.

The recall represents all Topps products with either a "sell by date" or a "best if used by date" between Sept. 25 this year and Sept. 25, 2008. The Elizabeth-based company said this information is found on a package's back panel.

All recalled products also have a USDA establishment number of EST 9748, which is located on the back panel of the package and-or in the USDA legend, the company said.

Source: AP

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By Zina (Guest Post) 10/02/2007

I live in Ok., I spent most of last week sick. I suggest that people even if they are sick and believe it is some kind of virus, to have it checked out as soon as possible. I was in the ER for 12 hours yesterday receiving 3 liters of fluid for dehydration. I do believe I ate tainted meat, but did not pay attention until 6 days after feeling so bad. Of course the test for e-coli is a culture of your stool and that takes several days, so I am unsure at the moment if I was /am sick from tainted meat.

I just don't want anyone to take this for granted, as I did. I am a nurse and 43 yrs. old and I should have known better. Believe me what ever was/is causing my virus symptoms, I wish I had gone earlier to the Dr. or ER.
Thanks for reading.

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