California Company Recalls Ground Beef
The Sterling Pacific Meat Co. of City of Commerce, California, has announced an E. coli ground beef recall of 3,516 pounds of hamburger patties intended for restaurant use. The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) says the products — made on May 18 — may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 - – a potentially deadly pathogen.
According to the FSIS, no illnesses have been linked to the Sterling Pacific beef patties, which were sold to wholesalers for use in restaurants under the brand names Fatburger and Cattleman’s Choice. The FSIS said it has no reason to believe the patties were ever sold at retail. Records show they were sold to restaurants in California and Arizona.
Those restaurants need to clear their freezers of the products, which bear the USDA Establishment No. 550 printed on the Mark of Inspection. According to the FSIS recall notice, the affected packages include 20- and 10-pound packages of Fatburger patties and various styles of 12-pound packages of Cattleman’s Choice patties.
