National Beef Packing Co. LLC, a Dodge City, Kan., establishment, is recalling approximately 60,424 pounds of ground beef products that may be adulterated withE. coliO157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.

Ground beef chubs produced on July 23, 2011 with a Freeze by Date of August 12, 2011 and ground beef chubs produced on July 25, 2011 with a Freeze by Date of August 14, 2011. Each box and chub bears the establishment number “Est. 262” within the USDA mark of inspection. The products were shipped to distributors nationwide for further processing and/or distribution.

The problem was discovered as a result of routine microbial testing conducted by the Ohio Department of Agriculture at a state-inspected facility that had purchased these products for further processing. A traceback investigation revealed that the slaughter facility, National Beef Packing Co. products were the sole source for the positive product sample. FSIS and the company have received no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of these products.

 

Source: FSIS