The products were not labeled with a handling statement indicating that they should be kept refrigerated, which could lead to temperature abuse of the products.
There have been only 41 recalls of USDA-regulated meat and poultry products this year, and only seven of those recalls were for the presence of pathogens.
There have been only 41 recalls of USDA-regulated meat and poultry products this year, and only seven of those recalls were for the presence of pathogens.
A recall was not requested because there is no product currently available for sale to consumers, but the ground beef product may remain in consumers’ homes and could cause illness if eaten.
NARMS findings help public health partners continually assess the nature and magnitude of bacterial antimicrobial resistance at different points along the farm-to-fork continuum.
The National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System tracks changes in the antimicrobial susceptibility of select foodborne bacteria found in ill people (CDC), retail meats (FDA) and food animals (FSIS).
The problem was discovered when the establishment reported to FSIS that it received confirmation from their third-party lab that a product contact surface sample returned as positive for Listeria monocytogenes.