1 Million Ponds Of Beef Recalled With E. coli O157:H7

1 Million Ponds Of Beef Recalled With E. coli O157:H7, from Modesto California based meat processor company called the Valley Meat Company.

Baby Boomer check your refrigerators and freezers for recalled beef that very possibly may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 .

Valley Meat Company is voluntarily recalling approximately one million pounds of ground beef. The beef may contain a rare strain of the bacterium E. coli O157:H7.

Look for The Valley Meat Company, ground beef patties and bulk products, that were produced between October 2nd, 2009 through January 12th, 2010 and were distributed to retail outlets and institutional food service providers in California, Texas, Oregon, Arizona and overseas.

A list of retailers has not yet been released, but a complete list of products has been published on the company’s website ValleyMeatCompany.com.

There have been seven people that have reported that they became ill after eating the tainted meat. They got ill between February and June of 2010, according to a USDA press release.

Baby Boomer, DO NOT eat this meat take it back to where you got it or throw it away.

E. coli can cause serious illness including death in the most severe cases. It is especially harmful for those who are pregnant, have compromised immune systems and the elderly.

According to FoodPoisoningPrevention.com: Most strains of E. coli, or Escherichia coli are harmless. E. coli is a natural, normal bacterium that inhabits the intestines of warm blooded animals and under normal circumstances causes no harm, and actually creates some nutritional benefits to the inhabited human or animal.

The specific strain of E. Coli known as E. coli O157: H7 is the one that makes the news with product recalls and food poisoning outbreaks. It is an enterohemorrhagic strain (causes bloody diarrhea) known to cause food borne illness or food poisoning. Experts believe there are approximately 70,000 cases of E. coli O157 each year in the United States.

In most cases, by cooking all meat to a temperature to 165 degrees, Baby Boomers can avoid getting stricken by E. coli coli O157:H7.

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