Posted October 3rd, 2007 @ 1:33 am by David Shearer

Topps Meat Company, LLC, an Elizabeth, N J, company, has expanded its Sept. 25 recall to a total of approximately 21.7 million pounds of frozen ground beef products. The recall is being expanded due to

• additional positive products contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 per New York Health Department,
• reported illnesses (Currently there are 25 illnesses under investigation) and
• findings from a food safety assessment conducted at the packing firm

The following are some of the labels of the potentially contaminated meats.

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• “BUTCHER’S BEST 100% ALL BEEF PATTIES”
• “KOHLER FOODS FLAT HAMBURGER”
• “MIKE’S 12 SEASONED BEEF PATTIES”
• “PATHMARK 100% ALL BEEF BURGERS”
• “RASTELLI’S FINE FOODS 100% PREMIUM BEEF HAMBURGER”
• “ROMA - TOPPS 100% PREMIUM HAMBURGER”
• “SAM’S CHOICE BACKYARD GOURMET BEEF BURGERS”
• “SAND CASTLE FINE MEAT 100% PREMIUM BEEF HAMBURGER”
• “SAND CASTLE FINE MEAT ANGUS CHUCK BURGER”
• “SHOP RITE 100% PURE GROUND BEEF HAMBURGERS”
• “TOPPS 100% PREMIUM HAMBURGER”
• “WEST SIDE 100% PREMIUM HAMBURGER”

Details of the USDA News release are at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/PDF/040_2007_Expanded_Recall.pdf

If you have questions on the recalls, please check the following

• USDA Food Safety Website at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fsis_Recalls/
• NMED News website at http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/index2.htm or
• call N.M.E.D. at 505-222-9500 (Albuquerque) & 505-524-6300 (Las Cruces),

Information on Preparing Ground Beef for Safe Consumption is available from the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline
at 1-888-MPHOTLINE or visit www.fsis.usda.gov

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Recalled food products regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (canned and packaged food products) are noted on the FDA RSS feed at EH&S NEWS under PRODUCT RECALLS at http://web.nmsu.edu/~ehs/safetynews/?p=155