A massive beef recall from Canada now affects 30 states in the U.S., according to the Huffington Post, which says that Safeway and Walmart are among the stores participating in the recall. This is in addition to Albertsons' recall that started a few days ago. Cargill is also affected. The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a recall on Sept. 16 of beef products from Alberta's XL Foods. On Sept. 21, it expanded the recall to include all meat produced on Aug. 24, 27, 28 and 29 and Sept. 5.
Conditions in the slaughterhouse on those days were especially conducive to the proliferation of dangerous E. coli bacteria, a press release explained, so all beef packed that day should be considered potentially disease-bearing.Click here to read the full USDA news release.
In all, the recall now affects 890,000 pounds of beef shipped to the U.S.
Investigations have indicated that XL Foods is largely at fault in the outbreak. Yesterday, Canadian officials announced that its meat-packaging license had been suspended. PD
—Compiled from USDA news release and the Huffington Post
