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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a new public health alert for raw ground beef products. The products subject to the alert were produced on April. 20. They include Organic Rancher organic ground beef, 93 percent lean and 7 percent fat, with a use-by date of May 18; as well as Organic Rancher ground beef, 85 percent lean and 15 percent fat, with the same use-by date. Both come in 16-ounce vacuum-sealed packages.
Because the products are no longer available for sale, the company did not initiate a recall. READ THIS NEXT: This Popular Ice Cream Has Been Recalled, FDA Warns. The reason for the public health alert is that the packaged meat products could contain plastic. The company discovered the problem after customers reported finding hard plastic in the ground beef products. The company then alerted FSIS to the issue.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb Fortunately, at this time, there have been no confirmed reports of illness or adverse reactions as a result of eating these products. Although these packaged meats are not currently available for purchase, the government agency is concerned that these potentially dangerous products may already be in consumers’ refrigerators or freezers. They were shipped to Whole Foods stores all around the country, and bear establishment number “EST. 4027” inside the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) mark of inspection. READ THIS NEXT: For the latest recall news delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter. If you have any of these meat packages at home, the alert urges you not to eat them. Instead, throw them away immediately or return them to the store where you bought them. If you’re worried about an illness, you should contact a health care provider. Consumers with questions about this public health alert can contact Adam Bushell, quality assurance manager at NPC Processing Inc., at [email protected]. If you have any food-safety questions, you can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-674-6854 or live chat via Ask USDA from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday. You can also send a question via email to [email protected]. And if you need need to report a problem with any meat, poultry, or egg product, the electronic consumer complaint monitoring system is accessible online around the clock. READ THIS NEXT: If You Have Any of These Popular Chocolates, Do Not Eat Them, FDA Warns.
