Hannaford Supermarkets has stopped selling packages of ground beef made from multiple sources after discovering that the practice would hinder efforts by state and federal officials to trace the source of the Salmonella outbreak linked to ground beef sold at its stores. At leas 19 people in seven states have been sickened by a rare … Read more
The Hannaford ground beef Salmonella outbreak has resulted in four additional confirmed illness since the supermarket chain announced a recall of store-ground hamburger on December 15. The CDC is reporting a total of 19 patients from seven states, including four from Maine. The outbreak is centered in the Northeast put includes confirmed cases in Kentucky … Read more
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is once again urging the USDA to prohibit antibiotic-resistant Salmonella in ground meat and poultry, extending a campaign started earlier this year.
The current Hannaford supermarkets Salmonella ground beef outbreak in the Northeast is proving to be the latest example of a nationwide food safety problem: Lack of adequate record-keeping at the retail level when stores grind beef cuts and trim into hamburger. The outbreak in Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts Maine has hospitalized at least … Read more
A Salmonella outbreak that has sickened at least 14 people in New York, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire has been linked to ground beef sold at Hannaford Supermarkets, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Scarborough, Maine-based Hannaford a recall on an undetermined amount of fresh ground beef on December 15, after information gathered … Read more
The American Meat Institute, along with other organizations, asked the U.S. government to delay a testing plan and ban on non-O157 strains of E. coli in ground beef and beef trim. The organizations, which include the Southwest Meat Association, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, and the National Meat Association, believe that the non-O157 strains do … Read more
