JBS Swift E Coli Beef Recall Grows
The JBS Swift E coli beef recall grows from 41,000 pounds of products to 380,000 pounds.
The JBS Swift Beef Co. of Greely, Colo., is voluntarily widening the recall issued earlier this week because of possible E coli contamination.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said today that all the beef products in the widened recall were producted April 21 and are in boxes bearing “Est. 969,” a package date of “042109″ and a time stamp ranging from “0618″ to “1130.”
The USDA did not have an update today of what states had reported illnesses or received beef products covered by the expanded recall. The first recall earlier this week covered products that were made April 21-22 and shipped to Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah and Wisconsin.
The USDA says an investigation by its Food Safety and Inspection Service of 24 illnesses in multiple states prompted the company to take another look at its food safety system. According to the department, 18 of the illnesses appear to have the same cause, and JBS Swift is conducting the E coli beef recall “out of an abundance of caution.
Newberry Academy in South Carolina Closed for Possible Swine Flu
April 28, 2009 by Nancy
Filed under Featured Story
Newberry Academy, a private school, in South Carolina has closed after some students returned from Mexico with flu like symptoms.
Officials at Newberry Academy said in a statement that seniors were in Mexico earlier this month and some had flu like symptoms when they returned.
The swine flu outbreak in Mexico has claimed over 100 lives.
The spokesperson for the State Department of Health and Environmental Control, Jim Beasley, said tests results on the students could come back as early as this afternoon. However, the Newberry Academy website posted that since the results were not received today the school would be closed tomorrow (Tuesday).
The Newberry Academy is located in Newberry, S.C. adjacent to Interstate 26 which connects Charleston, S.C. with Asheville, N.C.
