Tag: beef

  • Over 160,000 pounds of ground beef recalled due to E. coli risk

    Over 160,000 pounds of ground beef recalled due to E. coli risk

    About 167,000 pounds of both fresh and frozen ground beef products have been recalled over possible E. coli contamination, according to the the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). After the Minnesota Departments of Agriculture and Health noticed a link between a group of reported illnesses and ground beef from Wolverine…

  • McDonald’s Quarter Pounder beef patties not the source of E. coli outbreak, company says

    McDonald’s Quarter Pounder beef patties not the source of E. coli outbreak, company says

    Beef patties used in McDonald’s Quarter Pounders have tested negative for the strain of E. coli linked to a deadly outbreak that has been traced back to the popular sandwich, a company spokesperson said Sunday, citing tests done by the Colorado Department of Agriculture. At this time, the department has no further plans to test…

  • Oscar winner Youn Yuh-jung joins ‘Beef’ season 2 cast

    Oscar winner Youn Yuh-jung joins ‘Beef’ season 2 cast

    “Minari” Oscar winner Youn Yuh-jung has joined Season 2 of “Beef.” Netflix officially announced on Wednesday that the series, from Lee Sung Jin and A24, would return for a second season with Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton and Cailee Spaeny. The logline for the eight-episode Season 2 goes as follows: “A young couple witnesses an alarming…

  • Election officials beef up security at the polls

    Election officials beef up security at the polls

    Election officials across the country are ramping up their security measures at polling places with voting underway in the presidential race, from beefing up law enforcement presence to donning bulletproof vests to deploying drones for surveillance amid an increasingly hostile environment. The once-routine business of running elections in America has become much more fraught with…