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The Topps Meat Co.'s massive frozen hamburger recall has many shoppers worried about the safety of their meat, after it may have sickened 25 people in eight states.

"You don't know what's in it," one concerned shopper said. "It make me feel very scared, and I don't know what to eat."

Castleberry Food Co. is recalling every product manufactured on a specific production line in the past two years in response to four cases of botulism poisoning in Texas and Indiana.

The production line is one of "four or five" in its Augusta, Ga., facility. On Saturday night the company also shut down the entire plant for one
week while it investigates the cause of the botulism poisoning.

Federal health officials warned consumers Wednesday to throw away certain cans of hot dog chili sauce after the product was linked to botulism that has sent four people to the hospital.

The warning applies to 10-ounce cans of Castleberry's, Austex and Kroger brands of hot dog chili sauce with "best by" dates from April 30, 2009, through May 22, 2009, the Food and Drug Administration said. It wasn't immediately clear how widely the products were distributed.

A meat supplier has expanded a ground beef recall to include about 5.7
million pounds of fresh and frozen meat because they may be contaminated with E. coli.

David Goldman, acting administrator of the federal Food Safety and Inspection Service, announced on Saturday that the recall would be expanded to include products with sell-by dates from April 6 to April 20. The beef was distributed by United Food Group LLC, based in California.

Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. on Friday recalled more than 40, 000 pounds of ground beef shipped to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) stores in 12 states after samples tested at a Sherman, Texas, plant showed signs of E. coli contamination.

Thirteen cases of infection with E. coli bacteria may be linked to a multi-state beef recall, the beef producer and Arizona state health officials told CNN Thursday.

No deaths have been reported in connection with the recall but four people are hospitalized, according to United Food Group, which greatly expanded the recall Wednesday.

The number of people sickened since August by peanut butter tainted with salmonella has grown by more than 200, according to a new federal report.

The outbreak, first reported in February, now includes 628 cases in 47 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. It is the first update on the number of cases linked to the outbreak since early March, when officials said 425 cases had been confirmed in 44 states.

The nationwide health scare over bacteria-ridden spinach widened Monday, as the number of states reporting sickness linked to the outbreak increased to 21.

Illinois and Nebraska each reported a case linked to the E. coli bacteria alert believed to be caused by fresh spinach. Earlier Monday, the Food and Drug Administration widened its warning against eating any bagged spinach to include all fresh spinach.

At least 111 people have become ill. One death is blamed on the outbreak.

A California grower has voluntarily pulled all of its prepackaged fresh spinach off the shelves after the product was linked to a potent strain of E. coli bacteria that by Friday had spread to 20 states, killing one
person, hospitalizing 44 and leaving 50 others sick.

At least 14 people have suffered from kidney failure. Wisconsin has seen one death, while 11 people in Utah have become ill. In California, at least one person has been sickened by the bacteria. Officials of the California Department of Health Services did not disclose details, saying only that the person is from Shasta County.

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