Over 12 Million Pounds of Ground Beef Recalled Due to Possible E. coli Contamination
Check your freezers!
UPDATE (12/4): And even more beef recalled! Arizona-based meat producer JBS Tolleson, Inc. is recalling more than 5.1 million pounds of raw beef products that may be tainted with salmonella, according to the U.S.D.A’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). Over 12 million pounds have been recalled in total. 😬
UPDATE (10/4): Even more beef recalled! 😱 Arizona-based meat producer JBS Tolleson, Inc. is also recalling 6,500,966 pounds of “various raw, non-intact beef products” due to an outbreak of salmonella, according to the U.S.D.A’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), Cargill Meat Solutions has issued a recall on approximately 132,606 pounds of ground beef products made from the chuck portion of the carcass as it may be contaminated with Escherichia coli O26.
The ground beef products in question were shipped to Sam’s Club, Safeway/Albertson’s, and Target locations nationwide and were produced and packaged on June 21st, 2018.
The following products are subject to recall:
- 3-lb. chubs of “Our Certified 73/27 Fine Grind Ground Beef” with a Use OR Freeze by date of JUL/11/18 and case code 00228749057646.
- 3-lb. chubs of “Our Certified 73/27 Fine Grind Ground Beef” with a Use OR Freeze by date of JUL/11/18 and case code 00228749002653.
- 10-lb. chubs of “Excel 73/27 Fine Grind Ground Beef” with a Use OR Freeze by date of Jul 11 and case code 00228749089098.
- 10-lb. chubs of “Excel 73/27 Fine Grind Ground Beef” with a Use OR Freeze by date of Jul 11 and case code 90028749002751.
- 10-lb. chubs of “Excel 81/19 Fine Grind Ground Beef” with a Use OR Freeze by date of Jul 11 and case code 90028749003536.
- 10-lb. chubs of “Excel Ground Beef 81/19 Fine Grind” with a Use OR Freeze by date of Jul 11 and case code 00228749003568.
- 10-lb. chubs of “Excel Chuck Ground Beef 81/19 Fine Grind” with a Use OR Freeze by date of Jul 11 and case code 90028749402773.
- 20-lb. chubs of “Excel 81/19 Fine Grind Ground Beef onlinebo” with a Use OR Freeze by date of Jul 11 and case code 90028749073935.
- 10-lb. chubs of “Sterling Silver Chuck Ground Beef 81/19 Fine Grind” with a Use OR Freeze by date of Jul 11 and case code 00228749702416.
- 10-lb. chubs of “Certified Angus Beef Chuck Ground Beef 81/19 Fine Grind” with a Use OR Freeze by date of Jul 11 and case code 90028749802405.
- 10-lb. chubs of “Certified Angus Beef Chuck Ground Beef 81/19 Fine Grind” with a Use OR Freeze by date of Jul 11 with case code 00228749802413.
- 10-lb. chubs of “Fire River Farms Classic Ground Beef 81/19 Fine Grind” with a Use OR Freeze by date of 07/11/2018 with case code 90734730297241.
The USDA is concerned that people may have the recalled meat products in their freezer. If you do have ground beef you’ve bought recently, be sure to check your packages. The products subject to recall will bear establishment number ‘EST. 86R’ inside the USDA mark of inspection.
Also, if you have purchased these products, the USDA urges people not to consume them, but rather throw them away or return them to the place of purchase.
