PM Beef Holdings LLC in Windom, Minn., is voluntarily recalling approximately 117,500 pounds of beef trim products used to make ground beef, due to possible contamination with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.
The trim was produced on March 27, 2007, and shipped to distributors and retail outlets in Arizona, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin. Because these products later became ground beef sold under many different retail brand names, consumers should check with their local retailer to determine whether they may have purchased any of the products subject to recall.
The products subject to recall include:
Bulk boxes of "BNLS CODE 85 TRIMMINGS, 30216085"
Bulk boxes of "BNLS CODE 90 TRIMMINGS, 30216090"
Bulk boxes of "BNLS CODE 95 TRIMMINGS, 30268295"
Bulk boxes of "BNLS OUTSIDE RND FLAT FOR USL, 30271092"
Bulk boxes of "BNLS CODE 95 TRIMMINGS, 30568295"
Bulk boxes of "BNLS SHLD CLOD FOR USL, 30214092"
Bulk boxes of "SUPERLEAN TRIMMINGS, 30340000"
Bulk boxes of "BNLS OUTSIDE RND FLAT FOR USL, 30571092"
Bulk boxes of "BNLS TRIMMINGS, 340072"
Bulk boxes of "BNLS SHLD CLOD FOR USL, 30514092"
Bulk boxes of "BNLS CODE 95 TRIMMINGS, 30571295"
Bulk boxes of "BNLS CODE 95 TRIMMINGS, 30271295"
Bulk boxes of "BNLS CODE 95 TRIMMINGS, 30567295"
Bulk boxes of "PREMIUM BEEF TRIM, 1240072"
Bulk boxes of "BEEF TRIMMINGS – PREMIUM, 240072"
Bulk boxes of "CHUCK TRIM – SPECIAL, 240080"
Bulk boxes of "NR CHUCK TRIM, 340080"
Bulk boxes of "CH PREMIUM TRIM, 78240072"
Combo bin of "BNLS CODE 8 TRIMMINGS, 40030340080"
Combo bin of "TESTED 80% LEAN TRIMMINGS, 4000030025"
Combo bin of "BEEF TRIM CODE 5, 40000340050"
Combo bin of "CODE 6 TRIM, 40000340865"
Each box also bears the establishment number "Est. 683" as well as a net-weight declaration.
The possible contamination was discovered by the Minnesota Department of after seven cases of E. coli infection were linked to ground beef processed at PM Beef. (See Minnesota officials investigate E. coli infections linked to ground beef, Meatingplace.com, May 9, 2007.)
Anyone with questions about the recall should contact PM Beef Vice President for Sales and Marketing John Hagerla at 507/831-2761.