I would normally not worry you with a food recall. However, many readers of DrClay.com shop at Whole Foods Market, so I thought I should share this with you.
Whole Foods has issued a statement that beef purchased from June 2 to August 6 (in select states) should be thrown out due to possible E. Coli contamination.
The contaminated beef has been linked to a large processing plant in Nebraska, so it will ultimately affect far more beef than just that found in Whole Foods. For example supermarkets like Dorothy Lane and Kroger may be affected.
Whole Foods says that no beef found in their stores now came from the Nebraska plant in question.
Tips for not getting E. coli: you can dramatically reduce your chance of getting food poisoning from E. coli by thoroughly cooking your beef and by not reusing (prior to washing) anything that has come in countact with the raw beef. For example, don’t put raw beef on a plate and then use the same plate for the cooked beef.
Here are the states affected by the Whole Foods Market beef recall:
- Connecticut
- Rhode Island
- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Florida
- New Jersey
- New York
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Virginia
- Washington D. C.
- Alabama
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Illinois
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- Wisconsin
- Canada
Yours in health,
Dr Clay