USDA to Allow XL Foods to Resume Beef Shipments to U.S.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave approval to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to allow exports of XL Foods beef products to resume. The decision is effective immediately.

USDA closed the border to XL Foods products in September when samples of raw beef trimmings tested positive for E. Coli 0157:H7. More than 2000 products were included in the recall.

Approximately 2.5 million pounds of beef and Canada 2.5 million kilos of beef were destroyed. By the end of September, more than 2000 employees at the XL Foods Plant in Brooks, Alberta were laid off.

No cases of human illness or deaths were associated with the recall.