[Vision2020] URGENT: WinCo Widens Hamburger Recall

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of today's (April 18, 2010) Spokesman-Review.

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WinCo widens hamburger recall
Ken Carlson
McClatchy


MODESTO, Calif. – WinCo Foods on Saturday expanded its hamburger recall to
include ground beef sold at its 70 stores in California, Nevada, Idaho,
Washington, Oregon and Utah.

The original recall, announced a week ago, was for ground beef purchased
at a store in Modesto, Calif. An independent lab involved with a survey of
supermarket ground beef found that two samples purchased from the Modesto
store were tainted with an E. coli bacteria that causes foodborne illness.

But, as government agencies investigated, “new information has come to
light that potentially implicates WinCo’s ground beef suppliers,” the
discount retailer said Saturday. The recall time frame is expanded to
include fresh hamburger packed in Styrofoam trays with a sale date of
March 28 through April 9.

Eating undercooked hamburger tainted with E. coli may cause stomach
cramping, vomiting and diarrhea, sometimes with bloody stool. It can also
lead to kidney damage and serious illness.

Anyone with these symptoms after eating hamburger bought from WinCo stores
is advised to contact a health care provider.

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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