Food safety recall round-up 29 September - 5 October 2017
Clair D. Thompson ground beef
US: Clair D. Thompson & Sons, Inc. is recalling 700 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
Ground beef items were produced and packaged on September 27-28 and October 2 and were shipped to institutions in New York and Pennsylvania, said the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS).
The problem was discovered when the firm notified FSIS that a sample of ground beef had tested positive for E. coli O157:H7 by a third party lab. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions.