US meat processor ConAgra is quoted as saying it will use the nearly 19 million pounds of beef it recalled on E. coli fears to make inedible products such as oil.
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Company representative Jim Herlihy said the recovered meat will be send for rendering, where it will be cooked and later used to make machine oil or tallow, among other non-food products.
Over 40 E. coli-related illnesses have been linked to the outbreak.
