November 12, 2007
Cargill Meat recalls over 1 million pounds of beef
Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation based in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, is voluntarily recalling approximately 1,084,384 pounds of ground beef products for probable E. coli O157:H7 contamination, said the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Each package bears the establishment number "Est. 9400" inside the USDA mark of inspection. As the use/freeze-by dates for products subject to this recall have expired, consumers are urged to look in their freezers for these products and return or discard them if found. Most of the meats were packaged under the labels Century Farm, Giant, Giant Eagle, Shop Rite, Stop & Shop, Wegmans and Weis.
In addition, there are various weights and varieties of ground beef, ground chuck, and ground sirloin product that are distributed for further processing and repackaging and will not bear the recalling firm's establishment number on the package.
Recalled ground beef were produced between October 8 and 11, 2007, and were distributed to retail establishments nationwide.
The problem was discovered by FSIS through follow-up investigation and sampling after a positive E. coli O157:H7 at another federal establishment. At the moment, FSIS has no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of these products.