Beef Packers Beef Cheek Recall
On July 23, 2008, the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service announced a recall issued by Beef Packers, Inc. of Fresno, California of 1,560 pounds of beef cheek product. The beef cheek may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
The following products are subject to recall:
- 30-pound boxes of “CARGILL MEAT SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, BEEF CHEEK MEAT – SM BX.”
These boxes of beef cheek meat products bear the establishment number “EST. 354” and a “PACKED ON” date of “07/02/08,” ink-jet printed on the label. The product was intended for further processing or for packaging as raw beef cheek meat and will likely not bear the establishment number “EST. 354” on products available for direct consumer purchase.
These beef cheek products were shipped to distributors in Fresno, Modesto, Santa Rosa and Vernon, Calif.
No illnesses have been reported involved in this recall.
Signs of an E. coli infection include low grade fever, abdominal pain, irritability, fatigue, vomiting, muscle pain, and diarrhea (may be bloody).
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