DeGette Reacts To New Beef Recall

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, Vice Chair of the Committee onEnergy and Commerce, today offered the following comments with the newsthat another outbreak of E. Coli in beef has occurred:

"The first order of business is to determine where these products havebeen distributed in order to get them off store shelves quickly," saidDeGette. "Unfortunately, our ability to react to food emergencies havebeen compromised by a lack of investment in food safety by both theprivate and public sectors. We need a robust system that will quicklyidentify the source of the contamination and remove it from our stores.How many outbreaks and how many sick people will it take until wefinally reform our outdated food safety laws?"