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    Meat producer recalls half a million pounds of ground beef - Nov. 2, 2009

    NEW YORK (CNN) -- A voluntary recall was announced Monday for more than half a million pounds of ground beef because it may be contaminated with bacteria linked to at least two deaths, officials said.

    Fairbank Farms of Ashville, New York, said the recall was issued Saturday for approximately 545,699 pounds of ground beef produced between September 14 and September 16 after the meat was "possibly linked" to E. coli O157:H7.

    "Any customers from northeastern or mid-Atlantic states who have identified recalled ground beef products should remove the product from their freezers and return it to their stores for full reimbursement," the company said...

  • #2
    Not good. I hope restaurant quality beef is still good.

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    • #3
      Does "produced" mean the time it was sent to shelves or the time it left it's place of origin? And what kind of time frame is there for grinding to store shelf.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Shibby View Post
        Does "produced" mean the time it was sent to shelves or the time it left it's place of origin? And what kind of time frame is there for grinding to store shelf.
        Produced means the grinding process, so the time it left the factory.

        Time frame usually isn't that long because of it's short shelf life.

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