Meat Industry INSIGHTS Newsletter

981027 Florida Meat Packer Off “E-coli” Hook

October 22, 1998

ATLANTA, GA - It appears hamburger from the Bauer Meat Company in Ocala is NOT to blame for an outbreak of e-Coli bacteria in an Atlanta, Georgia-area amusement park. One child died and two dozen others became ill after eating hamburger officials initially thought came from Bauer Meat. Georgia health officials now say tests show the tainted meat came from somewhere else. The plant's owner killed himself one day after the meat plant was shut down by the USDA.

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