Moose Jaw Times-Herald: Staying food safe to avoid E. coli

Owner Adam Fellinger wraps up some raw beef that he has
in stock at Fellinger and Sons Meats on Wednesday.
Times-Herald photo by Lisa Goudy

By Lisa Goudy


Fellinger and Sons Meats is having trouble getting beef orders thanks to the recent beef recall from XL Foods and the E. coli outbreak.

“I try to stay local. I don’t use that product so I don’t have any problem with the beef recall,” said owner Adam Fellinger. “I don’t do any business with XL at all. My company that I deal with is Cargill, but I’m having problems with them filling orders because everybody’s jumping over to them and ... we’re having trouble getting product in.”

He said he tries to buy products from locals who buy from big packinghouses. The purpose is to keep his burgers and beef products fresh, but he has no availability.

“But I can’t get product in here fast enough for my sales,” said Fellinger. “It’s just coming in trickles right now.”

Five Hills Health Region (FHHR) medical officer Dr. Mark Vooght said there was one case of E. coli in the region in August from the same strain as the 13 reported cases in the province. 

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