Government: U.S. beef safest in the world

Agriculture Department official says after E. coli scare that recall demonstrates that government response time is good.
October 1 2007: 8:46 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's meat supply is "the safest in the world," a U.S. agriculture official said Monday, seeking to reassure consumers following the recall of 21.7 million pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E.coli bacteria.

Dr. Richard Raymond, the Agriculture Department's undersecretary of food safety, said that while an investigation found inadequate E.coli safety measures at the Topps Meat plant in New Jersey, where the beef was processed, the government was on top of the problem.

"I think the American meat supply is the safest in the world," Raymond said in an interview on CBS's "The Early Show." "A recall like this does show that we are on the job, we are doing our inspections, our investigation, and we respond when we find problems to make sure that supply is safe."

The recall came after more than a dozen people in eight states fell sick, and several were confirmed as getting E. coli from Topps products. Other cases are under investigation.

Sorry, it's CNN... http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/01/news/companies/beef.ap/index.htm?cnn=yes

There. I hope this puts any concern to rest. The undersecretary of food safety for the Ag has spoken.

that is not so positive to hear.

...anyone that DOESN'T think that mad cow is already here, and HAS been here for a while is fooling themselves...

directly after their mad cow outbreak. And the disease has been found in the US, directly traced back to the Canadian outbreak.

Thanks Bill. :eyes: