http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/recarapp/2012/20120921e.shtml

I wonder hoe many stores pull there counters today, with precautions to the heath threat to their customers.We had a letter to empty our counters.I know a few stores never did.Where they get their beef would be interesting since Gargil had none today.This is a crazy thing that has infected the whole meat industry in alberta and it's surrounding.

i had several customers ask me in the last few days where my meat comes from. I loath that question. All i can say is it doesn't come from that plant that got shut down.. we can always count on themedia to blow everything out of proportion.

In the news paper it states that there are too few staff to keep up with the work load.. Its another case of do more with less. When will these big companys understand that cutting hours will not save them money but cost them big time in the long run. I dont blame the workers, I am sure they are doing the best they can. When you dont have time to do all that is needed things will fail at some point. My company will be cutting hours Oct 8th and I know what that means. Sanitation is the last thing on the list when production is at the top. 8 people are ill in Edmonton as a result of this mess, one a little girl that had to have surgery as a result of eating striploin that costco tenderized. Why were they allowed to tenderize a stiploin at the plant. I think that anyone in the industry would see that there is the risk of contamination when you are putting holes in sub primals. I also am getting lots of questions ... where do you get your meat, is the meat I bought ok to eat..... I use these questions to educate people as to the dangers of undercooking all ground beef, I also explain that we do not tenderize our meat and as long as the outside of the meat is cooked ( including the sides ) they will not have any issues. People are afraid and looking for reasurance from the only people that can tell them the answers and that would be you and me!

I know its crazy, in cases of beef alone the recall has cost us $22,000 and then add in all the returns the amount is huge. I am not in management anymore so I dont know if the supplier credits us with all the returns or not. I will find out. It will sure raise their insurance if there is such a thing for these packing houses.

NEW UPDATE Just off the wire

There are now 10 illnesses from E. coli O157:H7 linked to products from XL Foods Inc. or illnesses associated with the XL Foods food safety investigation, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.

In a notice issued over the weekend, the agency confirmed seven cases in Alberta, one in Newfoundland and Labrador and two in Quebec, based on all the information collected to date—epidemiological, microbiological and food safety-related.