Posted on 02/17/2014 8:14:08 PM PST by make no mistake
California Firm Recalls Unwholesome Meat Products Produced Without the Benefit of Full Inspection
Class I Recall 013-2014
Health Risk: High Feb 14, 2014 Congressional and Public Affairs Stacy Kish (202) 720-9113 EDITOR’S NOTE: FSIS has updated the recall release issued on Feb. 8, 2014 to reflect that beef products associated with recall 13 were shipped to distribution centers and retail establishments in California, Florida, Illinois, Oregon, Texas and Washington. FSIS continues to update the distribution list at the link below.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2014 – Rancho Feeding Corporation, a Petaluma, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 8,742,700 pounds, because it processed diseased and unsound animals and carried out these activities without the benefit or full benefit of federal inspection. Thus, the products are adulterated, because they are unsound, unwholesome or otherwise are unfit for human food and must be removed from commerce, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The following Rancho Feeding Corporation products are subject to recall:
•"Beef Carcasses” (wholesale and custom sales only)
•2 per box "Beef (Market) Heads" (retail only)
•4-gallons per box "Beef Blood" (wholesale only)
•20-lb. boxes of “Beef Oxtail”
•30-lb. boxes of “Beef Cheeks”
•30-lb. boxes of " Beef Lips"
•30-lb. boxes of "Beef Omasum"
•30-lb. boxes of "Beef Tripas"
•30-lb. boxes of "Mountain Oysters"
•30-lb. boxes of "Sweet Breads”
•30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Beef Liver”
•30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Beef Tripe”
•30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Beef Tongue”
•30- and 60-lb. boxes of "Veal Cuts"
•40-lb. boxes of "Veal Bones"
•50-lb. boxes of “Beef Feet”
•50-lb. boxes of “Beef Hearts”
•60-lb. boxes of "Veal Trim"
Beef carcasses and boxes bear the establishment number "EST. 527" inside the USDA mark of inspection. Each box bears the case code number ending in “3” or “4.” The products were produced Jan. 1, 2013 through Jan. 7, 2014 and shipped to distribution centers and retail establishments in California, Florida, Illinois, Oregon, Texas and Washington.
FSIS has received no reports of illness due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an illness should contact a health care provider.
FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify that recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that recalled product is no longer available to consumers. When available, the retail distribution list(s) will be posted on the FSIS website at: www.fsis.usda.gov/Recalls.
Consumers and members of the media who have questions about the recall can contact the plant’s Quality Control manager, Scott Parks, at (707) 762-6651.
Consumers with food safety questions can “Ask Karen,” the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours a day at AskKaren.gov. The toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) is available in English and Spanish and can be reached from l0 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday. Recorded food safety messages are available 24 hours a day. The online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System can be accessed 24 hours a day at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/reportproblem.
USDA Recall Classifications Class I This is a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death. Class II This is a health hazard situation where there is a remote probability of adverse health consequences from the use of the product. Class III This is a situation where the use of the product will not cause adverse health consequences.
LOL!
No more ‘ho’s in LA?
I can only afford the marked down items that say “Better Grill it and eat it today.”
Sells at half price and tastes pretty good grilled and covered in fried onions and peppers.
Me too, but I move down the aisle a bit to the "Only Slightly Diseased" area.
“Nor are they claiming to have found any contaminated beef products”
“is recalling approximately 8,742,700 pounds, because it processed diseased and unsound animals AND carried out these activities without the benefit or full benefit of federal inspection”
Probably skipped inspection when they processed the diseased animals. That’s usually the way it works.
How do they skip inspections on 8.7 million lbs of beef for a full year’s operations? Inspectors out for a long donut break?
since the days of Tyson I've never trusted govt agencies....
Company is owned by a GOP donor. Gives big to Darrel Issa. Enough said.
Darrel Issa? why couldn’t it be Pelosi!!!
LOL
I have to say it, Why buy the cow when the desease
is free?
Taco meat.
looks like company could not back up or verify process. thus total recall
Just stay away from the beef siu-mai and other beef dim sum. Pork and shrimp dim sum should be fine! I have friends that own a pig farm in Petaluma and the pigs are healthy.
>> California Firm Recalls Unwholesome Meat Products Produced Without the Benefit of Full Inspection
Nice phrasing...
Not Kosher!
I’m sure the meat was fine, it just didn’t have the Approved Union stamp on it.
I’m sure there’s gotta be a way the lame stream media can flip this somehow and blame Cruz and the government shutdown.
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“How do they skip inspections on 8.7 million lbs of beef for a full year’s operations? Inspectors out for a long donut break?”
They don’t skip the inspections for everything, just for the sick and diseased animals. But when those kind of animals get mixed in, the inspectors don’t know which batches may have been contaminated so they have to recall everything during the time when the plant was skipping inspections.
An entire year?
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