Do you purchase ground beef from Super store or.......

Twila

Twila

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Westfair foods or affiliates? Cause it's contaminated with E-Coli. CFIA has issued a recall.
I often get these recall....sometimes it's on the news....most often it's not....Thought you all might like to know. Maybe even sign up for recall notices to be sent to your email.

HEALTH HAZARD ALERT - GROUND BEEF SOLD FROM CERTAIN STORES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA MAY CONTAIN E. coli 0157:H7 BACTERIA

OTTAWA, July 22, 2005 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Westfair Foods Ltd. are warning the public not to consume all varieties of ground beef including ground sirloin sold from the four stores listed below. These products may be contaminated with E. coli 0157:H7 bacteria.

Only the following stores are affected by this alert.

Store
Name/Size
Best Before Date/Time of Sale

Real Canadian Superstore
291 Cowichan Way RR#6, Duncan, BC
Westfair Foods
All sizes
Best Before JN15 to JN19
Sold June 12 to June 17

Real Canadian Superstore
1105 Eaton Centre, Metrotown
Burnaby, BC
Westfair Foods
All sizes
Best Before JN08 to JN11
Sold June 5 to June 8

Real Canadian Wholesale Club
5335 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC Westfair Foods
All sizes
Best Before JN08 to JN12
Sold June 6 to June 9

Extra Foods
7190 Kerr Street, Vancouver, BC
Westfair Foods
All sizes
Best Before JN08 to JN12
Sold June 6 to June 9

Westfair Foods Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, is voluntarily recalling the affected products from the marketplace.

Although the affected products are not in the stores, some consumers may have affected products in their freezers. For this reason, consumers are advised to check their freezers and not to consume the affected products.
E. coli 0157:H7 causes serious and potentially life-threatening illness by producing a toxin that can break down the lining of the intestines and damage the kidneys. Food contaminated with the E. coli bacteria will not look or smell spoiled. These products should not be consumed. There have been two reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products.

The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall.

CFIA's Food Safety Tips on Escherichia coli O157:H7 can be viewed at www.inspection.gc.ca
 
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peapod

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I never buy any meat from any supermarket 8O 8O I had a friend that worked in a meat packing place in his teens, blahhhhhhhhhhh! I still get nightmares wit the stories he told me about what goes on there 8O 8O :?
 
Twila

Twila

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RE: Do you purchase groun

I often get warnings about organic foods that are not meat.

I don't know what goes on in these plants but I tell you. THey have some serious "not me" issues.
 
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Frito lay

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Forget about the Ecoli, some suppliers don't even cut out the large boils in the hind quarters. were talkin the size of Mount St.Helen, well maybe not that large but at least a pint of the yellow sauce.
 
I think not

I think not

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I buy meat from Costco, it's always tender and tastes good. A friend of mine works there, he tells me they are cleaner than when he worked at a butcher shop. I think it depends of the people that handle it rather than any business policies.
 
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merryclaire

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i don't know why anyone still buys meat from canadian super store...everytime you turn around something is in the papers about that place...remember when they got sued because they rewrapped all their meat and put later best before dates on it? ewwwww!
gross
 
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