Here we are knee-deep into burger/grill season and we’ve just been hit with our 2nd ground beef recall in a month! This is ugly–we’re talking over 800,000 lbs. What makes this one more dangerous is that the suspected Salmonella outbreak of ground beef is resistant to antibiotics. We’re talking 9 states; alot of ground beef sold from a number of different manufacturers, and a lengthy list of potential places the product traveled. Coloradoans seem to be the hardest hit.

This is bad. It’s unclear the path the product has taken. It’s also unclear how many people have been affected. Maybe most alarming is that the exact cause is unclear as is the solution.

Just when you thought positive changes were happening within the Food Safety Working Group, something of this magnitude occurs. Oh, by the way, there is also a major hot dog recall–several brand names involved. Tonight, maybe not the grill. Might be a good night for a package of pasta and some freshly chopped tomatoes.

Hello, vegetarians, you may be on to something.