date:May 18, 2015
on, the Christmas 2009 outbreak was not the only such incident. At least five other times since 2000, CDC said outbreaks could be blamed on the tenderization process.
There was also the XL Foods Inc. recall of beef steaks and roasts that were mechanically tenderized in Canada in 2012.
According to USDA estimates, about 18 percent of the beef steaks and roasts sold at retail are mechanicallytenderized and, until the labels begin showing up, there is no way to tell. AnnualE. coliillnesses from mec