Posted on 06/09/2007 8:46:45 PM PDT by Calpernia
A meat supplier has greatly expanded a ground beef recall, which now includes about 5.7 million pounds of fresh and frozen meat that may be contaminated with E. coli.
David Goldman, acting administrator of the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service, announced on Saturday that the recall would be expanded to include products with sell-by dates from April 6-April 20. The beef, sold in 11 Western states, was distributed by California-based United Food Group LLC.
Goldman said that none of the latest batch of suspect beef is in stores now because the product would be well past its expiration date, but consumers may still have some of the meat at home.
"It is important for consumers to look in their freezers," Goldman said.
The meat has been blamed for an E. coli outbreak in the Western states that resulted in 14 illnesses, spanning April 25 through May 18. All the patients have recovered.
On Wednesday, United Food Group expanded an initial recall of 75,000 pounds of ground beef, adding another 370,000 pounds based on "unspecified concerns" raised by the California State Department of Health Services. This meat had sell-by dates from April 29-May 6.
The recalled products were shipped to stores in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. They were sold under the brand names Moran's All Natural, Miller Meat Company, Stater Bros., Trader Joe's Butcher Shop, Inter-American Products Inc. and Basha's.
The affected grocery stores included Albertson's, Basha's, Grocery Outlet, Fry's, "R" Ranch Markets, Save-A-Lot, Save-Mart, Scolari's Wholesale Markets, Smart and Final, Smith's, Stater Bros. and Superior Warehouse.
E. coli is a potentially deadly bacterium that can cause stomach cramps and diarrhea that may turn bloody. E. coli can sometimes lead to complications including kidney failure.
Customers with questions about the recall can call United Food Group's hot line at 1-800-325-4164. Those with recalled products should either throw the product away or return it to the point of purchase for a refund.
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Tyson recalling 40,000 pounds of ground beef sold in 12 states
They were pulling this from the shelves at the local Albertson’s late this morning.
(Should I add Clinton-buddy Tyson to my Permanent Boycott List, along with General Mills and Sony? I sure don't like some of their merchandising practices.)
How many illegals do you think they have rubbing cow sh-- in their ground beef. I never buy pre packaged ground beef
Someone trying to ensure a democratic win :P
How do you buy ground beef?
“(Should I add Clinton-buddy Tyson to my Permanent Boycott List, along with General Mills and Sony? I sure don’t like some of their merchandising practices.)”
YES! You should add that : )
Haven't been buying Tyson for years...based on their love affair with the Clintons, and their disdain for law enforcement and hard-working Americans.
I'm disappointed that Sam's Club carries their products, but I found that BJ's has Purdue so I now go there.
Did this 14 yrs ago.
I have a plastic chub that says “freeze by May 26th”. Bought it at Stater Bros.
If you freeze the meat, thaw it properly, then cook the daylights out of it, shouldn’t be okay?
I always thought e coli was killed off while cooking. That is why the spinach scare was such an issue. Salads are eaten raw.
I don’t know :(
“distributed by California-based United Food Group LLC.”
I knew it was a good idea to get my meat from the local butcher shop. Yes I pay a little more, but I know where it comes from.
It's now General Mills, Sony, and Tyson.
Last time I went to look at a certain kind of digital camera Sony was slightly favored for features, but they went so far overboard on CD "Digital Rights Management" (translation: you as a customer have NO rights) I cannot trust them with anything, *especially* product-specific software I might have to load on my computer. So I bought another brand, one that has not proven to be so untrustworthy as Sony.
See my tagline.
How many cows would this involve?
lol
Amazing. The FDA doesn’t hesitate to do this to an American company, but Chinese seems to be off limits.
Just one of the benefits of industry consolidation.Instead of poor practices or ill workers affecting people in part of a state,now half the nation is at risk.
Wow! You still have butcher shops where you live??
I’m jealous.
>>>>How many cows would this involve?
It involved the herd used to make rancid sausage for Hillary’s Botax.
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Is this in addition to the recall from the Sherman, TX plant that supplied Walmart?
We’re going to have to start wearing tinfoil hats with all these food contamination cases coming to light.
How safe is the food suppy?
“Wow! You still have butcher shops where you live??
I’m jealous.”
One 4 miles down the road, one in Tumwater, Wa (About 50 miles away) and two others between Tacoma, Wa and Centralia, Wa....
There may be more but these are the ones that I am aware of in my region. I just went to the local guy a week ago and got a 10 lb box of smoked bacon for $13. That oughtta last us all summer.
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