Tonight's facts

(CNN) -- Here are some facts from tonight's broadcast that you might find interesting.

Food Recall

The products include certain 10-pound boxes of Butcher's Best 100-percent All Beef Patties; certain 10-pound boxes of Kohler Foods burgers; certain 10-pound boxes of Sand Castle Fine Meat; some two-pound boxes of Topps 100-percent Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers; and some three-pound boxes of Topps 100-percent Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers. The boxes carry the number "Est. 9748" inside the USDA mark of inspection, and were produced June 22nd, July 12th or July 23rd.

Border Trouble

Border Patrol statement on a Border Patrol vehicle stolen by three drug smuggling suspects, who used it to escape to Mexico:
"We can confirm a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle was stolen. It has been recovered. It is under investigation." Agent Barbara Mandel U.S. Border Patrol Spokesman

Oil

The U.S. imports 13,759,000 barrels of oil per day... 20 percent of that from the Persian Gulf.

Source: American Petroleum Institute (Aug 2007)

Healthcare

Costs for illegal alien health care, social services and law enforcement in San Diego County in 2007: $101 million
Costs for un-reimbursed emergency medical care: $154 million
Total: $255 million

Food-borne illness

76 million cases of food-borne illness a year.
CDC Canada and Mexico together supply half of our imported food, but China is the fastest growing import country.

FDA testimony: During the last five years, imports of FDA-regulated food from China jumped 140 percent.
Testimony from FDA's David Acheson: "Although we have witnessed some improvement in product quality, some Chinese companies continue to export substandard food products into the United States." E-mail to a friend