Canada's XL Foods to increase safeguards after huge beef recall

E. coli, a strain of which can cause sickness or even death, is widely present in meat-processing plants, and regulators require packers to control the bacteria within certain levels. E.coli can be killed by thoroughly cooking meat.

Canada is the world's sixth-largest exporter of beef and veal.

(Reporting by Rod Nickel in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Editing by Bob Burgdorfer)