Tyson Fresh Meats in Dakota City, Nebraska is voluntarily recalling 40,000 pounds of “Chuck Fine Ground Beef, 80% Lean” from grocery stores. The beef is sold in 10 pound packages. Samples from the product revealed it was contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 bacteria. FSIS monitoring caught and confirmed the results.
There have not been any reported illnesses so far.
- The beef was produced on October 24, 2011
- The “best if used by or freeze by” date is November 13, 2011
- The beef is packaged in 80 pound boxes containing eight 10 pound tubes of 80/20 fine ground beef chuck
- Each box has “Est. 245C” in the USDA inspection mark
- The production code is D-0381-BH
The beef was shipped to distributors and institutions in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. If you have questions, call 1-866-328-3156.
