In the meantime, consumer advocates like Foreman urge consumers to be careful with hot dogs or lunch meats. You have a package that says it's USDA inspected, so people assume that it's safe. Three things say it's OK to scarf it down. But that's not true if you're pregnant, have AIDS or a suppressed immune system for any reason. A MIchigan meat plant struggles with santiation.
Listeriosis outbreak begins in Tennessee, Ohio, New York and Connecticut.
Sara Lee starts damage control while the USDA still sits on the fence. A consumer hot line leaves callers cold. Enter the lawyers. Far from it. The government must put the public before the industry.