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Ground beef recalled for E. coli contamination in Texas

By Marler Clark

The US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced yesterday that Texas American Food Service Corporation of Fort Worth, Texas, was recalling 14,800 pounds of ground beef products for possible E. coli contamination. The products were sold under American Fresh Foods labels (right).

Consumer products being recalled include:

• 2-pound approximate weight packages of "73/27 GROUND BEEF" bearing a sell-by date of "12.30.07"
• 2-pound approximate weight packages of "80/20 GROUND BEEF CHUCK" bearing a sell-by date of "12.31.07"
• 1-pound approximate weight packages of "85/15 GROUND BEEF ROUND" bearing a sell-by date of "12.31.07"
• 1-pound approximate weight packages of "90/10 GROUND BEEF SIRLOIN" bearing a sell-by date of "12.31.07"
• 1-pound approximate weight packages of "96/04 EXTRA LEAN GROUND BEEF, 4% FAT" bearing a sell-by date of "12.31.07"

• 40-pound "net wt." box of "73/27 100% GROUND BEEF; REWORK MAP"
• 260-pound "net wt." combo bin of " CHUCK 100% GROUND BEEF; REWORK MAP"
• 370-pound "net wt." combo bin of "SIRLOIN 100% GROUND BEEF; REWORK"
• ervice announced yesterday that

Full post as published by Food Poison Blog on December 28, 2007 (boomark / email).