Beef Bummer

I was trying to avoid blogging about another food illness outbreak, since I just did, but then I read about an E-coli outbreak and the recall of one million pounds of meat, and I couldn’t resist. The recall involves a million pounds of ground beef products from Valley Meat Co. based in Modesto, CA. The products were distributed predominantly in frozen form to a number of states, including California, Oregon, and Arizona, as well as internationally, and they were processed between October 2, 2009, and January 12, 2010, meaning they have been in circulation for quite some time.

The voluntary recall is the first for Valley Meat Co., which has been in business for some 50 years. The brands in the recall include Butcher’s Cut, RPQ, Hearst, IQF, and Bigger Valley. For a full listing of the recalled products, see the recall information here. The beef products were sold at a number of grocery stores, including Safeway and Vons. For more on this story, see this Los Angeles Times article.

This was posted on Friday, August 13th, 2010 and is filed in the Public Safety categories.