Pennsylvania,
United States
The USDA's Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a public health alert for raw frozen ground beef products sold to consumers at ShopRite stores, as Landis Brand, and more made from beef imported from Ontario, Canada. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced the beef recall by Ryding-Regency Meat Packers, Ltd. on Oct 8th for possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination. FSIS has determined that the recalled Canadian beef was used in the U.S. to produce raw ground beef products made on May 27 & 30 and distributed for sale.
USDA has urged consumers and institutions in Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont to check their freezers for the following products and to throw away or return them to their place of purchase.
- 8-lb. cardboard box packages containing bulk plastic wrapped raw frozen ground beef patties labeled “ShopRite 100% PURE QUARTER POUND Ground Beef Hamburgers” and a sell by date of 060720.
- 3-lb. cardboard box packages containing plastic wrapped raw frozen ground beef patties labeled “ShopRite 100% PURE Ground Beef Hamburgers” and a sell by date of 060720.
- 2-lb. cardboard box packages containing plastic wrapped raw frozen ground beef patties labeled “LANDIS BRAND 100% ALL BEEF PATTIES 8 Quarter Pound Patties” and a sell by date of 060720.
- Retail sized (8 patties) cardboard box packages containing “ZIYAD PREMIUM QUALITY Beef Hamburger Patties” with a case code 911541.021541.
- Retail sized (8 kabobs) cardboard box packages containing “ZIYAD PREMIUM QUALITY Uncooked Kufta Kabob” with a case code 911154.021154
- 10-lb. cardboard box packages containing bulk plastic wrapped raw frozen ground beef gyros labeled “DEVANCO FOODS CHICAGO’S FAVORITE” GYROS SLICES (STRIPS) with a case code 159 19.
- 10-lb. cardboard box packages containing bulk plastic wrapped raw frozen ground beef gyros labeled “KRONOS HALAL GYROS STRIPS” HALAL CERTIFIED BEEF GYROS UNCOOKED, IQF STRIPS with a case code 19 159.
Source:
United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service
www.fsis.usda.gov
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
www.inspection.gc.ca
