Wellness

[OhioAngel]

For the second consecutive month, a Colorado-based meat producer that ships nationwide is recalling thousands of pounds of ground beef for a possible E. coli contamination.

According to a notice issued Wednesday by the United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service, Cargill Meat Solutions is recalling approximately 132,000 pounds of ground beef products made from the chuck portion of the cow.

Officials said the ground beef was produced and packaged on June 21, 2018, and affects 12 different Cargill products. The full list of products can be found here. 

The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. 86R” inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to retail locations nationwide.

This week's recall comes less than a month after Cargill recalled more than 25,000 pounds of ground beef for an E. coli risk.

In mid-August, the FSIS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state public health and agriculture partners determined that raw ground beef was the probable cause of a number of illnesses reported the month before.

An investigation identified 17 illnesses and one death with illness onset dates ranging from July 5 to July 25.

"FSIS is concerned that some product may be frozen and in consumers’ freezers. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase," officials said in a statement.         

[hckynut]

@OhioAngel,

Sounds like a boat load of ground beef!  Hope others here read this for their own info. Me?  Quit eating meat in 1975!

Nice of you to let others check this out.

hckynut(john)

[GAQShopr53]

Oh my and they were just selling hamburgers and meatballs last week on the Q...I started making my own ground beef in the food processor. We don't eat a lot of ground beef but I would be concerned for those that eat at fast food restaurants that will not comply (but say the did) with the recall!

[ID2]

No worries for me. We only buy sides of beef at a time. I have a freezer full of locally processed meat to last me practically a lifetime. 

[GiantsLover]

My friend purchases from a meat market that caters to and speaks Albanian so I told her since she said she purchased 5lbs of ground beef 2 days ago from them and is concerned about the ground beef recall she should go in person and ask them about the recall.

She did that earlier yesterday and they did not address it seriously, but waved her off and said don't believe everything you read or hear.......so now she wonders should she throw it out and I say yes throw it out, even though she has placed it in portions in freezer bags in her freezer.

Anyone else agree they should be trashed or take a chance and consume the ground beef? 

[CherryHugs]

when im in doubt of anything at all i will throw it out, better to be safe than sorry as that saying goes.