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Joe Brennesholtz
PUB 529
Prof. Linden

Protecting Americans From Food-borne Pathogens in the Meat Supply:
Policy Analysis and Recommendations

Introduction
In January of 1993, medical staff at a hospital in Seattle Washington noticed that a large number of children were being treated for bloody diarrhea. Many had developed a rare condition known as hemolytic uremic syndrome, a disorder that often results in permanent kidney damage. It was soon discovered that these children had all eaten undercooked hamburgers from the fast food chain Jack in the Box (Schlosser; 198).
At least seven hundred individuals in Washington, Idaho, and Nevada State ate hamburgers from the restaurants that were contaminated with a potentially lethal strain of bacteria known as E. Coli 0157:H7. This set off a wave of bad press for the food chain, and for a short while the conditions of the American meatpacking industry as it was discovered that in fact tainted meat had been shipped from a Vons......

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