Australia assures on beef after US E-coli scare

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Four major supermarket chains operating in Britain are withdrawing a number of beef products after horse DNA was found in frozen burgers sold in the UK and Ireland by Aldi, Iceland, Lidl and Tesco. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), which made the discovery, said the burgers were produced by two processing plants in Ireland, Liffey Meats and Silvercrest Foods, and Dalepak Hambleton in the UK.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Associated Press has learned that the Agriculture Department is planning to expand testing of E. coli bacteria in meat....

Valley Meat Co. of Modesto sold the potentially contaminated beef patties and ground beef in California, Texas, Oregon, Arizona and internationally, the USDA says. It recalled about 1 million pounds of meat. A meat processor recalled about 1 million pounds of ground beef products Friday after seven people were sickened by E.