And it is known that other food has been "cross-contaminated" by coming into contact with tainted meat.

The present system has been criticized for years because of its inability to prevent tainted meat from reaching consumers.

Despite flaws in the system, the risk to consumers of falling ill from tainted meat remains low.

Moreover, tracing tainted meat back to the plant where it was produced can be difficult.

She refused the tainted meat always offered first, and demanded fresh.

"I could just see it: 'We killed three people with tainted meat."'

A11 A third child dies from infection linked to tainted meat.

No one has turned up evidence that tainted meat has reached or injured any consumers.

The company suffered from a scandal involving tainted meat in 1992.

As it is, five million Americans a year get sick from tainted meat, and 4,000 die.