UPDATE: Beef Recall Alert

The USDA and Food Safety and Inspection Service released information today detailing retail location(s) that received recently recalled assorted beef products from JBS Swift Beef Company. This Class I recall began on June 24th with 41,000 pounds of beef product, and was expanded on June 28th to include an additional 380,000 pounds. A Class I alert is defined as “a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.” The reason for this specific recall was concern that possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination had occurred at the JBS Swift Company plant.

According to a press advisory distributed this morning, the CDC announced on July 1 that 23 people in 9 states had been infected with the genetic fingerprint of E. coli O157:H7 associated with the outbreak. Twelve people were hospitalized and two suffered hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a complication of E. coli O157:H7 infection that can lead to kidney failure.   Illnesses have been reported in the following states: California (4), Maine (1), Michigan (6), Minnesota (1), New Hampshire (1), New Jersey (2), New Mexico (1), New York (1) and Wisconsin (6).

All of the meat covered in the recall was wholesale cuts, meaning that it had been trimmed, cut, ground and repackaged by a retailer. The retailer list may not include all retail locations that have received the recalled product or may include retail locations that did not actually receive the recalled product. Therefore, it is important that you use the product-specific identification information, available HERE, in addition to this list of retail stores, to check meat or poultry products in your possession to see if they have been recalled.”

This is the list as of press time:

• BJ's Wholesale Clubs in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio and Rhode Island – beef cuts and vacuum-packed primal cuts
• Bloom and Food Lion Stores in Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia – beef cuts and ground beef
• Costco – steaks, ribs, ground beef
• Food 4 Less – ground beef, 15%
• Fry's Food and Drug Stores – ground beef
• Hannaford Bros. Co. – beef cuts and ground beef 
• Kroger – ground beef
• Price Chopper – ground beef and beef loin bottom sirloin steaks
• Roundy's Supermarkets, Inc., including Pick 'n Save, Copps and Rainbow stores – beef cuts and fresh ground beef
• Smith's Food and Drug Stores – ground beef 
• Smith's Food and Drug Stores in Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming – beef cuts and ground beef 
• Stop & Shop Supermarket Company – ground beef
• WinCo Foods, LLC Stores in Idaho and Oregon – boneless bottom round roast, steak, carne asada, ground beef