date:Nov 07, 2012
ion Agency over the need for more corrective actions. JBS took over the temporarily closed Brooks facility from the privately held XL Foods Inc. under a management contact that gives it purchase rights for the next six months.
An E. coli outbreak attributed to contamination at the plant is blamed for sickening at least 17 Canadians. There are no illnesses in the U.S., although 2.5 million pounds of beef from the Brooks plant was distributed in the states before it was recalled.
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