The business fallout from Detroit-based Wolverine Packing Co.'s May 19 recall of 1.8 million pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with potentially deadly E. coli bacteria won't be known for some time.
Investigations, both internal and by government officials, are underway. So is at least one lawsuit.
Wolverine, which had $1 billion in revenue last year, declined to discuss any business practices that may change, or how it may be affected financially, until it completes its own internal investigation.
"Since the voluntary recall was launched, the company still is conducting an internal investigation into the recall and assisting the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service as it continues to look into the matter," said Chuck Sanger, Wolverine's outside spokesman via Hartland, Wis.-based food industry public relations firm Charleston Orwig Inc.
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