Bad Beef

We've gone from "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" to "No wait, it might be jalapeno peppers." "Oh and also cilantro." (a source) (also see OneF's post) for food items that will kill you this week.

And now I've got a story from one of our good and trusty followers and readers - J from Chi.
He's sick with symptoms that seem to mimic E Coli. Sure he's only got anecdotal facts to back his story up -- but there IS a beef recall that I hadn't heard about...
and I read a lot of news - and I haven't seen this reported at ALL by our trusty popular press.

Here's his letter,

"Dear Cap'n,
Myself and at least 4 other people I know got sick from eating meat over the last week. It looks like it may be traced to Ohio and Nebraska. Just a heads up. Here's a link to the USDA if you want more info. (his Link to the USDA)

The other people were not with me, all separate incidents. But I found it
curious that they all occurred over the last week...people eating beef,
whether it be Italian beef, hamburger, etc. Same type of
sickness...vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration.

I had a cheeseburger at George's Hot Dogs, located on Damen just south
of Armitage (not sure you need the location) in Chicago."

Thank you J, and I hope you get better real soon. You might also want to see if you can get info about getting in on the class action lawsuit against the meat packer that allowed their mis-handling of their product to cause your illness.

E. coli O157:H7 is a potentially deadly bacterium that can cause bloody diarrhea, dehydration, and in the most severe cases, kidney failure. The very young, seniors and persons with weak immune systems are the most susceptible to foodborne illness.

Apparently, so are our readers.

*side note - If you're a straight male, and at work, don't ever do a google image search for 'bad beef' with the safe image feature turned off...