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Sat May 3, 11:34 AM

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VANCOUVER (CBC) - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is advising people not to eat certain ground beef products because they may be contaminated with a potentially harmful strain of E. coli bacteria.

The agency has issued a warning about frozen Steakhouse Beef Burgers, sold at M&M Meat Shops across Canada, and frozen Pure Ground Beef Patties, made by Belmont Meat Products and sold at Costco stores in Ontario.

The recalled Steakhouse Beef Burgers are sold in a 1.02-kilogram package, code date 0858. The affected Belmont Meat Products items are sold in 4.54-kilogram "restaurant packs" bearing the UPC code 0 60597 35020 9.

Also affected by the alert are fresh (not frozen) regular ground beef packages of variable weights sold from the following Toronto stores between March 13 and March 21, 2008: Lone Tai Supermarket, 2300 Lawrence Ave. E.; Hong Tai, 2555 Victoria Park Ave.; and Ton Tai, 3030 Don Mills Rd.

People who might have purchased these products and still have them in their freezers are advised not to consume them.

There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of the ground beef named in the alert.

Food contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 may not look or smell spoiled, but eating it may cause serious and potentially life-threatening illnesses.

The food inspection agency said retailers are voluntarily recalling the identified products from the marketplace.

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E-coli, With more and more e-coli cropping up. There is no perfet slottion. But may I serjest though this is not the solition from a local Repetaal market. where One can ask the Buttcher where the Meat has come from and where was it Slaghted and inspectted. Less travling time less likly to spoil.

POSTED BY: Goddess on THU, MAY 08, 2008 07:10 PM -0500

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marwalbash, your 'automatic' assumption about the contaminated beef as possibly from China shows the level of ignorance in our society. The US and Canada are BIG exporters of beef TO China. In fact, one of the frequent complaints of the Americans is that China (&Japan,Korea) does not import enough American beef due to BSE concerns! The unfortunate reality is that US & Canada export beef, pork, etc., and import cars and electronics. Unfortunate because no one forced them to do that except greed.

POSTED BY: Watchman on WED, MAY 07, 2008 07:31 PM -0500

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there's definately E. coli in your coffee maker....

POSTED BY: jade haughton on WED, MAY 07, 2008 03:35 PM -0500

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Cone on we all know that this beef ended up in alot more places than they are saying, everyone out there be very careful cooking and handling any hamburger or beef for awhile. Cook thouroughly and wash counters and utensils with bleach. Use an antibacterial soap on hand and use gloves if you have any cuts on your hands, Remember Scotland same strain. 22 died and it was everywhere.

POSTED BY: pearlygate on WED, MAY 07, 2008 12:16 AM -0500

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