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What Happened to America’s Meat Recalls?
Recalls of meat, poultry and egg products have gradually begun to rebound. But the numbers haven’t fully recovered, raising questions about what’s changed and why.
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Melissa Dai, Investigate Midwest
Melissa Dai is Investigate Midwest’s 2025 summer reporting intern. She’s a rising senior at Northwestern University, where she’s pursuing a career in investigative journalism. In the past, Dai worked as an investigative intern at NBC Chicago, where she exposed scams and fought for consumer resolutions. She’s published two long-form investigations with MindSite News — republished by The Appeal and Capital B News — about flawed police responses to mental health crises. She also produces feature stories for her university’s paper, The Daily Northwestern. Dai brings a passion for human-centered, data-driven storytelling to her work at Investigate Midwest.
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