Food safety recall round-up 26 May - 1 June 2017
Recall of beef trimming
US: Readfield Meats Inc. doing business as Ruffino Meats & Food Service is recalling almost 46,000 pounds of beef trimming due to possible adulteration.
Product labels include “For Cooking Only,” indicating they are intended for further processing at a federally inspected establishment.
However, as they were distributed to non-federally inspected sites where it cannot be verified that sufficient further processing occurred to remove pathogens they must be removed from commerce, said the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS).
Frozen raw beef trimmings were produced from May 26, 2015 to May 26, 2017 and were shipped to retail markets, state inspected plants and individuals in Texas.
The problem was discovered when an FSIS compliance officer found cases of raw beef trimmings labeled “For Cooking Only” at retail. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions.
