The Dangers of Hamburger
Personal Injury News
Article Date: 10/8/2009 | Resource: MLG
The Dangers of Hamburger
If you enjoy a big juicy hamburger every now and again, you might want to read the New York Times stomach-churning story about the beef patty that nearly killed Stephanie Smith.
Smith, 22, ate a burger that her mother had grilled for their Sunday dinner. She wound up with a severe form of food-borne illness caused by E. coli, which shut down her kidneys, sent her into seizures, and prompted doctors to put her in a coma for nine weeks. When Smith awoke, she was paralyzed from the waist down.
The Times does a terrifying job tracing where the meat that wound up in Smiths burger came from – and the gaping holes in the federal food safety system.
Ms. Smiths reaction to the virulent strain of E. coli was extreme, but tracing the story of her burger, through interviews and government and corporate records obtained by The New York Times, shows why eating ground beef is still a gamble, the story says.
Neither the system meant to make the meat safe, nor the meat itself, is what consumers have been led to believe.
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