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COMMENTS: Topps Hits Bottom
The recall of frozen hamburger patties by the USDA for fear of taint from e.coli bacteria was so huge--21m lbs, a year's production the Topps Meat Company--that is has forced the New Jersey firm out of business, laying off 87 workers. CBS' Kelly Wallace noted that Topps had been the nation's largest manufacturer of frozen hamburgers. Even though the outbreak spread to eight states, the USDA did not order the recall until eleven days after a laboratory had confirmed the positive e.coli test: "The USDA is now reviewing how it handles recalls and safety procedures at the 1500 ground beef processing plants around the country."
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