Beef Patty Recall...
By anniepa
@anniepa (27955)
United States
October 5, 2007 6:41pm CST
There has been so much in the news about the Topps beef patties being recalled and now the company is going out of business, which is really a shame for the employees who will be out of jobs but they may have known about it before the recalls, and that is inexcusable, PERIOD!! However, the thing that always puzzles me is why, when the e-coli bacteria would be destroyed by cooking the beef to the proper temperature, do some people continue to gamble with their health by eating hamburger that is not well done! I understand some people like their hamburgers rare (yuck!) but when it could actually KILL you, why take that chance? Rare beef or steak is entirely different, so they say, but ground beef is where the danger is. It's very possible some of those who have gotten sick from eating the beef from Topps could have avoided it just by cooking it properly. Just my opinion...what's yours?
Annie
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@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
6 Oct 07
It is the responsibility of the ones who buy the product to cook it to the proper temperature that will kill the bacteria. Also if a restaurant owner uses the product (I hope he does not, they should make their own burgers) he should insist that his cook makes sure the meat is properly cooked and at that the restaurant is clean.
One also has to look at the place where the cows were slaughtered. Is it being inspected regularly? Rare maybe all right when eating a steak, but a hamburger is made of chopped up little pieces that germs can easily get into and one has to be very careful. So it could also be that cleanliness and sanitary conditions were not observed in the factory where the Topps beef patties were made.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
6 Oct 07
They must have been doing something wrong at these plants; there was another recall announced, Cargill who supplied Sam's Club for one. The Topps brand was sold to restaurants, schools and hospitals, so there's where the consumer doesn't have control over how it's cooked. But one would think they would know enough, particularly in schools and hospitals to cook the meat to the "safe" temperature. Restaurant owners should know as well, but what happens when someone requests a rare burger, as friends of mine used to do years ago? Maybe they should make the diner sign a waiver, if you're SURE you want it rare you take full responsibility!
Annie
@Destiny007 (5805)
• United States
6 Oct 07
I just read about another recall tonight involving Cowgill I think the name was.
They are supplying Sam's Club among others.
As to your question, I think it could have been avoided by proper cooking as well.
They say that if the internal temperature reaches 160 degrees that the e-coli can be killed and no one would get sick.
This puts us right back on the issue of personal responsibility... and of course people are suing because they got sick.
I don't think they should be able to sue if their own actions contributed to the problem, but that's just my opinion.
I want my hamburgers well done and do not like finding a pink middle in them.
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@twoey68 (13627)
• United States
7 Oct 07
I agree...I think sometimes ppl don't pay attention to the cooking instructions or get in too much of a hurry and don't cook it properly. It is a shame that a company that has been around for 65 years is gone.
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