Health Law

Was A Beef Deal Made to Barber Shop Employee?

By Marler Clark LLP

Have you ever been approached in a Barber Shop by someone offering to sell you some beef-on-the cheap?  It happened in North Dallas, according to a Texas health department division manager.

Dallas Business Journal is reporting that the health department has fanned out across North Dallas to speak with businesses and inspect restaurants in the aftermath of the still missing 14,800 pounds of e coli-contaminated beef that was stolen from a Texas American Food Service truck.

The beef was in a Texas American Food Services trailer that went missing Dec. 19, and was found mostly empty on Dec. 27 near Lake June Road and U.S. 175 in Dallas.

Since then, here's what the Dallas Business Journal says is happening:

"Ahsan Khan, division manager of the food protection and education division of the Dallas Health Department, said an employee of a barber shop in northeast Dallas reported that a suspicious person attempted to sell him ground beef last week. Seven other businesses -- mostly restaurants -- also said they had been solicited by a suspicious individual peddling ground beef, Khan said.

"The DHD made the findings during a Monday survey of 80 Dallas businesses.

"Inspectors from both the city of Dallas and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are increasing their site visits to area restaurants, according to a news release the city issued Tuesday. Dallas restaurant inspectors are also handing out fliers warning against the threat of the tainted meat. "

Full post as published by e.Coli Blog on January 08, 2008 (boomark / email).