
E. coli Poisoned Boy Scouts Tops 80- Hamburger linked
to Sodexo, S&S Foods – Illnesses in
Source of Article: http://www.marlerblog.com/
Lisa
Crutchfield of the Times-Dispatch reported this morning that about 84
people who attended the camp at the reservation between July 20 and Aug. 2 have
shown symptoms of the E. coli O157:H7 infection. Twenty-five children in
Northern
S&S Foods of Azusa, California recalled about 153,630 pounds of frozen
ground beef linked to E. coli O157:H7 infections at Goshen Scout Reservation in
According to the CTI website,
"CTI Foods is a privately held company owned by a group of foodservice
industry veterans. The Company was established in July 2003 through the
acquisition and merger of SSI Food Services, Inc. and S&S Foods, LLC.
Since then, the Company has expanded its operations into
As I said to the LA Times yesterday:
Since spring 2007, more than 19,500 tons of E. coli-tainted
beef have been recalled in more than 30 separate incidents, according to
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced Monday that it
was investigating six cases of E. coli that might be linked to a multi-state
outbreak involving tainted meat from
"Nobody I've talked to has any idea why we're seeing an increase, though everybody has a different theory," Marler said. "The meat industry basically has no answers. It's pretty frustrating -- there'll be some hand-wringing, a bunch of lawsuits and nothing will be done until three months later, when it all happens again."
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