California Firm Expands
Recall of Meat Products Produced Without Full Inspection
Class I Recall -- Health Risk: High
TODAY, Rancho Feeding Corporation, based in Petaluma, is
expanding its recall to include an additional 420 pounds of product that was
produced without the benefit of full federal inspection, making it unfit for
human food deemed by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
FSIS has received no
reports of illness due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an
illness should contact a health care provider.
The products recalled today were produced Jan. 8, 2014, and shipped to distribution centers
and retail establishments in California. This recall is an expansion of the
approximately 41,683 pounds of various meat products that were recalled on Jan
13, 2014.
The entire recalls
include:
Declared on Jan. 16, 2014
- 30-lb. boxes of “Book
Tripe”
Declared on Jan. 13, 2014:
- “Beef Carcasses”
- 50-lb. boxes of “Beef
Feet”
- 20-lb. boxes of “Beef
Oxtail”
- 50-lb. boxes of “Beef
Hearts”
- 60 and 30-lb. boxes of
“Beef Liver”
- 30-lb. boxes of “Beef
Cheeks”
- 60-lb. boxes of “Beef Tripe”
- 30-lb. boxes of “Beef
Tongue”
FSIS routinely conducts
recall effectiveness checks to verify that recalling firms notify their
customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that recalled
product is no longer available to consumers.
USDA Recall
Classifications Class
I is a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability
that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or
death.
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