2010: 27 Million Pounds of Meat and Poultry Recalled

Dan Flynn of Food Safety News pulled together a quick – and scary – list of meat and poultry recalls by the USDA in 2010. Here are the highlights:

Source: USDA

• More than 27 million pounds recalled
• Nearly 5 million pounds of meat/poultry recalled for bacterial contamination
• More than 3.2 million pounds recalled for Salmonella contamination
• About 1.4 million pounds of ready-to-eat Italian sausage recalled in January and February
• 1.7 million pounds of ready-to-eat beef and chicken products recalled in March
• In June all 13-ounce packages of Marie Callendar’s Cheesey Chicken and Rice were recalled
• More than 2.3 million pounds of meat/poultry recalled for E. coli contamination
• During 2010, 24 recalls of meat and poultry involved Salmonella, E.coli, or Listeria

There’s more…

Read the complete article here.

Let’s be careful out there!