date:Dec 21, 2012
rves of the two peanut butter outbreaks, the Mexican pepper, the DeCoster egg and German E. coli O104:H4 outbreaks, the outbreaks were almost over by the time the food causing each of these problems was identified and recalled. With the Cardinal Meats outbreak it has taken almost 3 months to identify garlic peppercorn hamburger as a vehicle.
We need to get better, Dr. Holley added, at shortening the time before a recall is made and being sure we recall the right food/ingredient.
In other words