Personal Injury Law

The Net Tightens Around Retailers Who Received JBS Swift E. coli Meat - 23 Reported Ill in California (4), Maine (1), Michigan (6), Minnesota (1), New Hampshire (1), New Jersey (2), New Mexico (1), New York (1) and Wisconsin (6).

By Bill Marler, Esq.

JBS Swift USA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) have released a list of retailers that received meat that may have been tainted with E. coli.  JBS Swift USA has recalled more than 420,000 pounds of beef that left the Greeley packing plant in April.  The retail outlets include:

»Price Chopper stores.

»Hannaford stores in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and New York.

»Stop & Shop stores in Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, northern Kentucky, southeastern Indiana, western Tennessee and Arkansas.

»Kroger stores in Mississippi and Illinois.

»Food 4 Less in the Chicago area

»Fry's stores in Arizona.

»Smith's stores in Arizona, Utah and other Western states.

» Costco.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and FSIS say illnesses have been reported in California (4), Maine (1), Michigan (6), Minnesota (1), New Hampshire (1), New Jersey (2), New Mexico (1), New York (1) and Wisconsin (6).

Full post as published by Marler Blog on July 03, 2009 (boomark / email).