Message Number: FHL5748 | New FHL Archives Search
From: Sukie Crandall
Date: 2008-08-11 19:25:45 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] ALERT: a U.S. beef recall for those who feed non-kibbles (ALL U.S.)
To: fhl <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>, ferret-list@cunyvm.cuny.edu

This one is the really bad strain of E. coli so ***cooking is NOT
sufficient***, unlike some other food borne pathogens like salmonella.

<http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/beef_recall_usda_dc;_ylt=AunmUavlHaO8Qz1bASPCIbms0NUE
>

QUOTED SEGMENTS:
The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday said Omaha meat packing
company Nebraska Beef Ltd is recalling 1.2 million pounds of beef
because it may be contaminated with a particularly dangerous strain of
E. coli.
...

The recall is "Class 1," meaning there is a "reasonable probability"
that eating the beef "will cause serious, adverse health consequences
or death," the USDA said. It is the most dangerous level of the three
classes of recall.
END QUOTED SEGMENTS

This is a separate recall from the huge one this meat supplier
recently had which sickened so very many.

E. coli O157:H7, the strain in this beef, has sickened and killed both
domestic ferrets and BFFs. Furthermore, two studies show clearly that
it often causes lasting kidney damage in those ferrets who survive the
infection, creating chronic kidney disease.



Sukie (not a vet)

Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html




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