Food Safety recall round-up 15-21 January 2016
E.coli in beef
USA: Snapp’s Ferry Packing Company is recalling 410 pounds of beef possibly contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) said the product is linked to an illness investigation but did not say how many people were involved.
The ground beef item was produced on November 20 and distributed to restaurants in the Knoxville, Tennessee area, it was not sold at retail.
The problem was discovered when a positive result for E. coli O157:H7 from FSIS testing was traced back to the establishment as a result of an ongoing illness investigation in Tennessee.