Tiger meat is ground beef mixed with onions and spices, served raw with saltine crackers and beer (sometimes not the saltine crackers, always the beer). It goes by other names, including wild cat and raw hack, in Wisconsin and other Midwest states.
After 3 people got E. coli O157:H7 infections from its raw ground round, Glenn’s Market & Catering in Watertown, Wisconsin recalled some of its ground beef products and warned people not to eat tiger meat. E. coli poisoning is a serious illness that can cause kidney failure (see E. coli-HUS) and death.
Traditions like tiger meat are now dangerous because some meat processors are not preventing cow manure from getting into the ground meat. Attorney Fred Pritzker and his Bad Bug Law Team represent E. coli victims sickened by beef in cases against meat processors, holding them accountable and sending a message to other meat processors that they need to take every measure to prevent E. coli contamination and illness.
You can contact Fred for a free consultation here.
Below is an excerpt from the recall notice issued by Glenn’s Market in Watertown:
Glenn’s Market & Catering, along with the cooperation of the USDA and Wisconsin Division of Public Health, issued a voluntary recall on Fresh Ground Round, Fresh Ground Chuck and Fresh Ground Beef from the morning grind of December 22, 2012 – January 4, 2013, of the Retail Meat Case for possible E-coli 0157:H7 contamination. Items from these dates only have been included in the recall.
Three case-patients have reported illness after consuming Raw Ground Round, which had not been cooked. Glenn’s would also like to make the public aware that consuming the common holiday tradition called Tiger Meat of Raw Uncooked Beef can cause illness. But the USDA has a zero tolerance level of E.coli 0157:H7. For further information on the proper cooking of this product, there are safe handling instructions on the package.
Attorney Fred Pritkzer recently won over $40,000,000 for clients injured by another product. He also recently won $4.5 million for an E. coli victim who developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). He and his Bad Bug Law Team represent E. coli food poisoning victims nationwide, and have won cases for Wisconsin residents. You can contact them for a free consultation here.
