Kansas meatpacker recalls beef on contamination issues

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Kansas meatpacker recalls beef on contamination issues

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/kansas-meatpacker-recalls-50-100-pounds-ground-beef-121156914.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/DwedP75A9Hf7I4hXcgxpfw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T133155Z_1_CBRE97011L900_RTROPTP_2_USA-BEEF-RECALL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A bin of ground beef is seen at a meat processing facility in Riverside" align="left" title="A bin of ground beef is seen at a meat processing facility in Riverside" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - A Kansas meatpacker has recalled 50,100 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said. The USDA said late on Wednesday that routine monitoring had confirmed the presence of E.coli O157:H7 in the meat produced by the National Beef Packing Co of Liberal, Kansas. It said there had been no reports of illness. The potentially deadly bacterium can cause bloody diarrhea, dehydration and, in the most severe cases, kidney failure. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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