Legal news for Massachusetts Product Liability lawyers– E. coli bacteria found in meat that made 20 people sick.
Plymouth, MA (NewYorkInjuryNews.com) – Crocetti’s Oakdale Packing Co., also known as, South Shore Meats, Inc. and the U.S Food and Drug Administration www.fda.gov recalled 1,039 lbs of ground beef for possible contamination of E. coli when 20 children and adults fell ill after consuming meat at Camp Bournedale in Plymouth, stated the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, as reported by the Boston Globe.
Due to the recent findings, South Shore Meats Co. of Brockton, Massachusetts voluntarily recalled a laundry list of their beef products. There have been no reported deaths linked to the consumption of the tainted beef products so far. The meat from the Plymouth camp was tested and the reports showed that the ground beef carried a deadly strain of Escherichia coli bacteria, which is known to be a serious killer.
The exact same strain of E.coli was found in two children who consumed the meat and suffered from gastrointestinal sickness. Officials in Massachusetts and Rhode Island continue to investigate the E. coli outbreak along with authorities of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) www.cdc.gov.
The authorities from the federal Department of Agriculture (USDA) www.usda.gov are continuing to locate and identify all of the infected meat products that have been recalled. A list of all the potentially hazard and tainted meat products list can be found on the Agriculture Department’s website at www.fsis.usda.gov/FSIS_Recalls/Open_Federal_Cases/index.asp.
E.coli is a dangerous bacteria that can be found in undercooked meat. To be sure that a meat product is fully cooked, the meat must reach an internal temperature of 160 degrees. When a person ingests E.coli, they can be victim to bloody diarrhea, dehydration, and the most extreme cases, kidney failure and death.
Bridget Hom
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