Puerto Rican establishment recalls frozen beef trim

Packers Provision, a Puerto Nuevo, Puerto Rico establishment, is recalling approximately 420 pounds of frozen beef trim that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, announced USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Subject to the recall are 60-pound bulk boxes of BM-95 BONELESS BEEF. Each shipping container bears the establishment number Nicaragua 4 inside the Nicaraguan mark of inspection. The shipping label bears the item number 00003, and pack date of 8-19-08.

The frozen beef trim products were produced on Aug. 19, 2008, and were exported to the US and then sent to distributors and establishments in Puerto Rico. These products were sent to establishments for further processing and will likely not bear the establishment number Nicaragua 4 on products available for direct consumer purchase.

The problem was discovered through FSIS microbiological sampling of imported product from a foreign establishment that was then sent to multiple importers of record in the US FSIS has received no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of this product.

On Thursday, 9 October 2008, FSIS announced three other firms recalling the same product.