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.
Michigan still has local butchers. And local beef cattle.
I agree.
Every piece must reach 160 degrees to kill it.
bump
when pets, and people are being poisoned, that is a form of terrorism.
Only if it is intentional. Stupidity and accidents do happen.
OTOH, any little munchkin møøselimb, with half a brain (hmmm, that's pretty much all of them...) could dhimmily realize that a little deliberate product contamination would go a long way...
In-n-Out processes their own meat, in their own plant. They inspect the animals ante- and postmortem themselves.
The beef is never frozen, always fresh, and goes directly to their restaurants.
The bad news is you have to move to within 500 miles of their LA processing plant to find an In-n-Out Burger joint. They're too fussy about quality to ship any farther.
Oh, also, the entire staff at an In-n-Out speaks English, at least in any one I've ever been in. I reckon it's a health and safety issue, as that is the only way they can insure that all employees understand the frickin' rules!
Get the Double-Double with grilled oinions. (Or order from the secret menu and get it Animal Style)...
That is that machine bone cleaning junk.
I once bought two pork loins from a supermarket counter. One was fine, the other putrid. The thing that really annoyed me was that I had noticed the yellow fat on the putrid one, asked about it, and was told that it was due to the breed of pig. One can't imagine a real butcher peddling such misinformation, but real butchers are hard to find.
I haven’t ever been in an In-n-Out burger place but I remember when they first started handing out bumper stickers and I aaw more modified ones that said In-n-Our-Urge on bumperss than rhe whole advertising ones.
We have a local butcher shop. I’ve never been in it, but it’s a pretty popular place. I’m gonna give them new customer.
Could be this beef was imported from China.
That’s a dirty trick!
“We have a local butcher shop. I’ve never been in it, but it’s a pretty popular place. I’m gonna give them new customer.”
For freshness you just cannot beat it and even better, you get to know your butcher(s) and you just can’t “meat” better people, lol.
you just can’t “meat” better people
LOL Veeeeeerrrry clever.
what ever it is, I’m taking this as an act of terrorism. It has affected a heck of a lot of people, and affected a lot of retail stores.
it could have killed someone.
what ever it is, I’m taking this as an act of terrorism. It has affected a heck of a lot of people, and affected a lot of retail stores.
it could have killed someone.
“LOL Veeeeeerrrry clever.”
lol, yeah but I think I’ll keep my day job.
I also have plenty of walking around steaks, but the little woman will not eat anyone she knows and she has them all named.
LOL I dated a young man whose family had a farm. His dad went to auction one week and came home with the cutest little pigs. I named them. His dad told me “don’t go getting attached to those pigs; come the fall they’ll be on the table”. Sure enough, they were and I couldn’t eat at their house for a long time because I was afraid I might be served someone I knew.
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