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Is this 'Cause': "...feeds his 1,400 cattle a diet of candy unfit to sell in stores.. having this 'Effect': "..meats' E.coli contamination".

Due to the recent meat recalls, here is a theory to look further into.
Possibly just 1 example of Cause:
Joseph Watson, owner of United Livestock Commodities in Mayfield, Ken., (as well as many other ranchers) has an interesting solution: candy. The rancher told western Kentucky's NBC affiliate WPSD that he turned to sweets "just to be able to survive."

Watson feeds his 1,400 cattle a diet of second-hand candy unfit to sell in stores that's been mixed with an ethanol by-product and a mineral nutrient.

Possibly just 1 example of Effect:
Meat related E. coli contamination has been expanded to include every province and territory, 40 states in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

What do you think?
Any interrelatedness?