Valley Meat Co. E.coli Recall Retail List Posted
The Valley Meat Company E. coli recall distribution list has been posted by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). On August 6, the Modesto, California company recalled about one million pounds of ground beef that could potentially be contaminated with E. coli. The recall came after an E. coli outbreak in which seven people became sick. Federal health officials began investigating the cluster of illnesses after the California Department of Public Health notified them that the E. coli O157:H7 cases matched the same PFGE pattern, or “genetic fingerprint.”
Valley Meat Company E. coli Recall Retail Distribution List
Meat was recalled from stores in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Texas, Nevada, Washington and Oregon. The Recalled products were manufactured from Oct. 2009-Jan. 2010. The establishment number on the recalled frozen beef products is EST. 8268 and the production codes are 25709 through 01210.
Times Super Market
King Market
Oak Creek Market, Inc.
Four Corners Market
Anza Village Market
Big Trees Market
Spencers Fresh Market
Ponderosa Market
Banning Village Market
Rio Ranch Market
My T Fine Foods
Ben Lomand Market
Andronico’s Markets, Inc.
Manor Market Inc
Boron Food Mart, Inc.
Dinsmor Store
Mollie Stones
Mike’s Discount Food Market
P W Supermarket Inc.
Page’s Market
Al Mancasola’s Grocery Markets
Farmers Fresco Supermarket
Foods Etc.
Oaks Red and White
Colfax Sierra Market
Solano Market
The Original Irvine Ranch Market
Best Deal Food Company Inc.
Del Sol Market
El Sol Market
Erickson Supermarket
Fairway Stores
IGA
J. Solanki Meat
McKays
Mi Pueblo San Jose Inc.
Safeway
Select Markets
Super A Foods, Inc.
Super Center Concepts, Inc
Ukas Big Saver Foods
Vons
Buy-Low Market
Glazier’s Food Marketplace
Mariana’s
The Sierra Nevada Trading Company
PC Hometown Market
Two Boys Grocery
Hometown Foods Drain
Red Apple
Halsey Select Market
Jefferson Hometown Market
Stewarts Market
Martins Food Center
Mill City Market Place
Mohler Co-Op
Steve’s Market
Food 4 Less
Price Slasher
Mt Hood Foods
Jack’s Family Market
Ken & Sons Select
Shady Cove Market
Sheridan Select
Noels Market Inc
Stanfield Main St Market
Thriftway
Sentry
Main Street Market
Auburn’s Main Street Market
Matthew’s Thriftway
Ralph’s Red Apple Market
Andy’s Market
Plaza Market
Holcomb’s Market
Bridle Trails Red Apple
Cascade Mercantile
Food Emporium
Pay-Less Supermarkets
Valley Meat Beef Recall Follows E. coli Outbreak
Valley Meat Company of Modesto, CA has recalled one million pounds of ground beef following an E. coli outbreak in California, according to the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS). Seven people have been sickened in the outbreak, which federal health officials began investigating in July after receiving notification from the California Department of Public Health regarding a cluster of E. coli O157:H7 cases that all matched the same PFGE pattern, or “genetic fingerprint.”
Distributed to institutional foodservice facilities and retail locations in Arizona, California, Texas and Oregon, the beef products were manufactured from Oct. 2009-Jan. 2010. The establishment number on the recalled frozen beef products is EST. 8268 and the production codes are 25709 through 01210. FSIS will post retail distribution information updates as that information becomes available. The FSIS is concerned that consumers may still have frozen recalled product in their freezers at home that could potentially be contaminated. FSIS advises consumers to check freezers to see if any of the following recalled products are there, and discard them immediately:
Valley Meat Company Beef Recall: Product Details
- (#2155) *IQF* 80/20% BEEF PATTIES 8/1R
- (#2503) SMASHBURGER 40/7 OZ. – VAC PACK
- (#2510) IQF 80/20% BEEF PATTIES 2/1 OVAL
- (#2515) *IQF* 80/20% BEEF PATTIES 2/1 R
- (#2535) IQF 80/20% BEEF PATTIES 3/1 OVAL
- (#2545) IQF 80/20% BEEF PATTIES 3/1R
- (#2575) *IQF* 80/20% BEEF PATTIES 4/1R
- (#2595) IQF – 80/20% PATTIES 4/1R THIN
- (#2605) *IQF* 80/20% BEEF PATTIES 5/1R
- (#2635) *IQF* 80/20% BEEF PATTIES 6/1R
- (#2668) BEEF CHUCK PATTIES 7 OZ- 21#
- (#3075) *IQF* 85/15% PATTIES 4/1R USFI
- (#3090) ‘RPQ’ 85/15 PATTIES 160/4 OZ.
- (#3325) “RPQ” 90/10 BEEF PATTIES 40/4 OZ
- (#3350) 90/10% BEEF PATTIES 160/4 OZ.
- (#3450)SUPREMAS BEEF PATTIES 12/3#
- (#3519) *IQF* 4/1 SOY PATTIES 80/20%
- (#3520) *IQF* 5/1 SOY PATTIES 80/20%
- (#3522) *IQF* 6/1 SOY PATTIES 80/20%
- (#3675) BEEF SOY PATTIES RETAIL 6/5#
- (#3700) 73/27% RETAIL PATTIES – 12/3#
- (#3705) 73/27% RETAIL PATTIES – 6/5#
- (#3710) 73/27% RETAIL PATTIES – 8/3#
- (#3715) BIGGER VALLEY BURGER – 6/5#
- (#3725) 80/20 BIGGER BURGER 12/3#
- (#3751) 80/20% RETAIL PATTIES 12/3#
- (#3800) 85/15% RETAIL PATTIES – 12/3#
- (#3850) BLACK ANGUS BURGER 12/2# BOX
- (#3875) 93/7% BEEF PATTIES 12/3# RETAIL
- (#3880) SAFEWAY 73/27 RETAIL BOXES 8#
- (#3882) SAFEWAY 73/27 PATTIES 12/2.5#
- (#3883) SAFEWAY 80/20 PATTIES 12/2.5#
- (#4000) 73/27% GROUND BEEF 10/1#
- (#4001) 73/27% GROUND BEEF 20/2#
- (#4005) 73/27% GROUND BEEF – 40/1#
- (#4015) 73/27% GROUND BEEF 4/5#
- (#4020) 73/27% GROUND BEEF – 8/5#
- (#4030) 73/27% GROUND BEEF 4/10#
- (#4035) 73/27% GROUND BEEF 15/3#
- (#4300) 80/20% GROUND BEEF 10/1#
- (#4305) 80/20% GROUND BEEF – 40/1#
- (#4310) 80/20% GROUND BEEF 4/5#
- (#4315) 80/20% GROUND BEEF 8/5#
- (#4325) 80/20% GROUND BEEF – 4/10#
- (#4326)*FRESH** 80/20% GROUND BEEF 4/10#
- (#4328)80/20 GROUND BEEF 4/10# WHITE BOX
- (#4329) ‘RPQ’ 80/20% GROUND BEEF 4/10#
- (#4335)80/20% GROUND BEEF 2/5# – PRINTED
- (#4610) 85/15% GROUND BEEF 4/5#
- (#4615) 85/15% GROUND BEEF 8/5#
- (#4625) “RPQ” 85/15% GROUND BEEF 4/10#
- (#4630) 85/15% G B 4/10# CLEAR-generic
- <>(#4915) 90/10% GROUND BEEF – 8/5#
- (#4925) 90/10% GROUND BEEF 4/10# / WHITE
- (#4930) 90/10% G B 4/10# / CLEAR-generic
- (#4980) 93/7% GROUND BEEF 4/10#
- (2714) HEARST 80/20 PATTIES 5/1R -10#
- (2715) HEARST GROUND BEEF 12/1# RETAIL
E. coli food poisoning infections can lead to life-threatening complications such as hemolytic uremic syndrome (E.coli HUS) especially in children, the elderly and people with weak immune systems. Anyone who thinks they may have an E. coli infection from contaminated ground beef should visit a doctor immediately and get tested for the E. coli O157:H7 bacteria.
Latest CDC Roundup Indicates 5,309 E. coli Cases for 2008
E. coli O157:H7 has been a nationally notifiable disease with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since 1994. National surveillance for all Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) began in 2001.
This week, the CDC released its latest annual Summary of Notifiable Diseases and it covers calendar year 2008.
According to the report, there was a total in 2008 of 5,309 U.S. confirmed cases of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli. The report did not break down the total by serotype, but O157:H7 is dominant. The report does not analyze growth patterns, but when comparing to totals in the two previous years there has been an upward trend in total cases.
In 2006, the total number of U.S. confirmed cases of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli was 4,432. One year later, the total increased to 4,847.
Normally, cases spike in warmer months and drop off in early winter. That was the case in 2008 — as the breakdown showed 843 cases for August and 668 cases for July — the two highest monthly totals for the year. The lowest monthly total was 147 in February 2008.
You can see CDC’s 2008 Summary of Notifiable Diseases in its entirety on the CDC website.
Healthy cattle, which harbor the organism in their intestines, are the main animal reservoir of STEC. Most reported outbreaks are caused by contaminated food or water. During 2004, a substantial decline in reported O157:H7 STEC cases led to an incidence rate that met the Healthy People 2010 goal of less than 1 case per 100,000 population; since then, the incidence has increased.
Rocky Mountain Natural Meats Bison E. coli Recall Expanded
The Colorado firm that recalled more than 60,000 pounds of ground bison and tenderized bison steaks expanded the recall to include more than 700 pounds of bison meat distributed to a firm in Nevada for further processing, according to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
The recall is an expansion of an earlier July 2 recall of bison meat potentially contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The meat products are associated with an E. coli outbreak that has sickened five people in Colorado and one person in New York.
The following products are involved in the recall:
- 16-ounce packages of “GREAT RANGE BRAND ALL NATURAL GROUND BISON.” These products have a “sell or freeze by” date of June 21, June 22 or June 24, 2010.
- 16-ounce packages of “NATURE’S RANCHER GROUND BUFFALO.” These products have a “sell or freeze by” date of June 22, 2010.
- 16-ounce packages of “THE BUFFALO GUYS ALL NATURAL GROUND BUFFALO 90% LEAN.” These products have a lot number of 0147.
- 12-ounce packages of “GREAT RANGE BRAND ALL NATURAL BISON STEAK MEDALLIONS.” These products have a “sell or freeze by” date of June 23 and June 24, 2010.
- 12-ounce packages of “GREAT RANGE BRAND ALL NATURAL BISON SIRLOIN STEAKS.” These products have a “sell or freeze by” date of June 20, June 23 and June 24, 2010.
- 15-pound boxes of “ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATURAL MEATS, INC. BISON 10 OZ SIRLOIN STEAK.” These products went to restaurants and bear a Julian Code of 0141.
- Various weight boxes of “BISON B TRIM.” These products bear a production date of May 21, 2010 and a Julian Code of 14110. The boxes also state “KEEP REFRIGERATED.”
The retail distribution list for the potentially contaminated, recalled bison meat has also been updated and now includes:
- Albertsons
- Giant Food
- Hannaford’s
- King Soopers
- Kroger’s
- Market Basket
- Price Chopper’s
- Stop & Shop Supermarket
- Super Valu
- Whole Foods
The FSIS will update the retail distribution list as information becomes available.
Raw Milk E. coli Outbreak Linked to Hartmann Dairy Farm in Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has released new evidence that an E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 5 Minnesotans is linked to raw milk products from the Hartmann Dairy Farm in Gibbon, Minnesota. The strain of E. coli bacteria that sickened these people came from Hartmann Dairy Farm, according to the MDH.
Several victims were hospitalized, including a toddler with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), which is a serious complication that can arise from E. coli poisoning and can do life-long kidney damage to patients, especially the very young and the elderly. These illnesses occurred throughout the state of Minnesota. Initially, the common link between these illnesses, health officials say, was that they had all consumed products from the Hartmann dairy farm. This epidemiological link, however, is now reinforced by the MDH’s confirmation through microbiological testing that the strain of E. coli found on the farm is the same strain found in the patients. Additionally, the MDH reports:
“…the specific strain of E. coli O157:H7 found in the ill patients has also been found in multiple animals and at multiple sites on the Hartmann farm. This strain of E. coli has not previously been found in Minnesota. Furthermore, laboratory tests confirmed that cheese samples collected last week from the farm contained another form of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, demonstrating that an ongoing pathway of contamination existed on the farm.”
The food safety lawyers at Pritzker Olsen attorneys currently represent a man sickened from raw milk contaminated with Campylobacter. He developed Guillain-Barre syndrome as is now paralyzed. Our attorneys are all too familiar with the dangers that can arise from consuming raw milk.
What is Raw Milk? Why Can it Make Us Sick?
Most milk in the supermarket is pasteurized in order to kill potentially harmful bacteria, such as E. coli and Campylobacter. However, some people believe raw, or unpasteurized milk is more nutritious than pasteurized milk and choose to drink it. Public health organizations such as the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Medical Association, the World Health Organization and the American Academy of Pediatrics all advocate pasteurization as a standard practice.
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture restricts the sale of raw milk to occasional sales of milk directly from the farmer to consumer. If consumers choose to drink raw milk, the MDA urges that they:
- Do their homework: consumers should educate themselves on how to consume raw milk SAFELY and RESPONSIBLY
- Consumers MUST go directly to the farm to get the milk, according to Minnesota law.
- Consumers MUST bring their own containers. Farmers are NOT allowed to bottle their own raw milk for sale.
