November 3, 2007 | Posted By Pritzker | Ruohonen | Comments | print this article

Cargill Recalls One Million Pounds of Ground Beef

Less than 30 days after Cargill recalled 845,000 pounds of hamburgers (October 6 recall), Cargill has again recalled ground beef, over 1 million pounds. In both cases, the reason for the recall was possible contamination with E. coli O157:H7. 

The ground beef products subject to today’s recall were produced between Oct. 8 and 11, 2007. According to Cargill, the company learned of the possibility of contamination after the U.S. Department of Agriculture returned a confirmed-positive on a sample of product produced Oct. 8, 2007.

We are concerned that it took 26 days after the contaminated sample was produced for Cargill to recall the ground beef. Here are some questions that need answers:

  1. On what date did Cargill know that its beef may be contaminated?
  2. Did Cargill distribute the ground beef after it knew a sample tested positive for E. coli?
  3. Why did Cargill wait to recall the ground beef?

We have provided a list of the recalled ground beef products, information on E. coli on our website.

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