US government takes back a lot of "problem" beef products

Introduction: the U.S Department of Agriculture announced on the 19th that the government decided to expand the recovery of problematic beef products due to the discovery that more beef may be infected with bacteria This brings the recovered beef product to 18 million pounds These problematic beef products were produced by a Colorado company from April 12 to July 11, mainly including meat germ and hamburger patties So far, at least 19 people have been found to suffer from diseases after eating them According to the inspection, the index of enterocoliform in this batch of beef exceeded the standard Two weeks ago, the company announced it would take back more than 350000 pounds of the beef According to reports, the beef product has been sold to 21 states in the United States The U.S Department of agriculture requires buyers to return beef products to stores or dispose of them on their own U.S Department of agriculture chief Ann Veneman said expanding the withdrawal of problematic beef is primarily a preventive measure to ensure public health She said the government's investigation into the incident was ongoing Similar events occurred in the United States in 1997 That year, a food company recovered 25 million pounds of beef after its beef products were found to have been poisoned by E.coli in 15 people The United States is the largest beef consumer in the world According to the data, in 2000, the per capita consumption of beef in the United States was 69.5 pounds (author:) share to feed Weibo share to: