Bush's USDA took 18 days to recall bad meat

From The Chicago Tribune, 10/4/07

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-071003recall-web,0,5217771.story

USDA took 18 days to recall bad meat

By Stephen J. Hedges | Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON -

The U.S. Department of Agriculture waited 18 days after learning that

millions of pounds of ground beef made by Topps Meat Co. could be

contaminated with E coli bacteria before it concluded that a recall

was necessary, an e-mail from an agency inspection official shows.

The Topps hamburger recall, which is now the third largest hamburger

recall in USDA history, was first announced Sept. 25. The Elizabeth,

N.J., company initially recalled 331,000 pounds of hamburger, but last

Saturday expanded the recall to include 21.7 million pounds of frozen

hamburger.

The timing of the Topps recall, and its rapid expansion, are bound to

raise more questions about the nation's food safety system.

So far, 28 people in eight states

The democratic congress was too busy trying to silence Rush's free speech

to be concerned.

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"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message

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>

> From The Chicago Tribune, 10/4/07

> http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-071003recall-web,0,5217771.story

>

> USDA took 18 days to recall bad meat

>

> By Stephen J. Hedges | Washington Bureau

>

>

> WASHINGTON -

>

> The U.S. Department of Agriculture waited 18 days after learning that

> millions of pounds of ground beef made by Topps Meat Co. could be

> contaminated with E coli bacteria before it concluded that a recall

> was necessary, an e-mail from an agency inspection official shows.

>

> The Topps hamburger recall, which is now the third largest hamburger

> recall in USDA history, was first announced Sept. 25. The Elizabeth,

> N.J., company initially recalled 331,000 pounds of hamburger, but last

> Saturday expanded the recall to include 21.7 million pounds of frozen

> hamburger.

>

> The timing of the Topps recall, and its rapid expansion, are bound to

> raise more questions about the nation's food safety system.

>

> So far, 28 people in eight states-most in the Northeast-have fallen

> ill from eating the hamburger, according to the federal Centers for

> Disease Control in Atlanta.

>

> Yet at the USDA, tests confirmed the presence of the E coli bacteria

> strain O157:H7 in the Topps hamburgers on Sept. 7, according to an

> e-mail from Kis Robertson, an employee of the USDA's Food Safety

> Inspection Service (FSIS).

>

> Robertson, who declined comment, sent the e-mail to Scott Schlesinger,

> an attorney for Samantha Safranek, a Florida teenager who fell ill in

> August after eating a Topps hamburger.

>

> Robertson's e-mail states:

>

> "The patties taken from the Safraneks were confirmed positive for E

> coli O157:H7 by FSIS on 9/07/07. The leftover product samples are

> still at Eastern Laboratory in Athens, GA. The decision to release

> these has to come from Agency leadership and I don't know what has

> been decided."

>

> ___________________________________________________

>

> Another example of the Republican administration's

> we-don't-give-a-shit-about-the-health-of-the-American-public attitude.

>

> Harry

"Harry Dope" <DemocratsHateTheUSA@aol.com> wrote in message

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> The democratic congress was too busy trying to silence Rush's free

> speech to be concerned.

No, the majority of fags were trying to shush Hillary.

On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 17:03:04 -0400, "Harry Dope"

<DemocratsHateTheUSA@aol.com> wrote:

> The democratic congress was too busy trying to silence Rush's free speech

>to be concerned.

Do you have a cite to back that up? Or is it you're hallucinating

again?

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> On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 17:03:04 -0400, "Harry Dope"

> <DemocratsHateTheUSA@aol.com> wrote:

>

>> The democratic congress was too busy trying to silence Rush's free

>> speech

>>to be concerned.

>

> Do you have a cite to back that up? Or is it you're hallucinating

> again?

Emu hasn't got time to respond. He cuts & runs to the restroom.

BizarroBush wrote:

> "Deaf Power" <deaf@power.com> wrote in message

> news:tfeNi.107565$GO6.29994@newsfe21.lga...

> >

> > On Thu, 4 Oct 2007 17:03:04 -0400, "Harry Dope"

> > <DemocratsHateTheUSA@aol.com> wrote:

> >

> >> The democratic congress was too busy trying to silence Rush's free

> >> speech

> >>to be concerned.

> >

> > Do you have a cite to back that up? Or is it you're hallucinating

> > again?

>

> Emu hasn't got time to respond. He cuts & runs to the restroom.

Restrooms have cameras.

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Harry Dope wrote:

> The democratic congress was too busy trying to silence Rush's free speech

> to be concerned.

Do you blame kids for being molested,? in real life. Dope??

Well they are always liberals, when that happens to them, huh?

When you people rape our "liberal" kids.

When you get man raped I will blame you,? Fair?? Right-winger

Always gotta be a fucking excuse for incompetence for everything you

mindless cocksuckers do or don't do. Always gotta blame it on

Democrats even when it is obviously outlandish.

Keep it up. Since you people are worthless you might as well keep

screaming it from the rooftops.