meat-recall information kept hidden
   by Allison Sherry and David Migoya, Denver Post - August 07, 2002
   It was difficult or impossible for Americans to find out where E. coli-
   contaminated meat was shipped in recent weeks because federal law
   protects company secrets.
   Consumers were left even more vulnerable because of disjointed
   communication among government agencies that are supposed to protect
   them.
   Those lapses put more than a week between the day 354,200 pounds of
   beef were recalled and the time some consumers found out about it. One
   Douglas County teenager was sickened by ConAgra meat in that period.
   Responding to what happened in Colorado, the state, ConAgra and a
   grocery chain have taken steps to better inform the public next time
   there's a recall.
   "We would be more proactive and react on it quicker because of this
   experience," said Patti Klocker, assistant director for consumer
   protection at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
   "We could have given the heads-up to the consumers a little quicker."
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References

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