| Product(s)
Recalled: |
Glenmark and
Swift-Armour frozen ground beef patties; The following
products with codes listed in the press release are being
recalled:
- President’s Choice Beef Patties, 3-oz
patties in 3-lb packages with date codes: 8179
followed by 16-24;
- President’s Choice Thick and Juicy Beef
Patties, 5.3-oz patties in 2-lb packages with the
date codes: 8195 followed by the letters A
through H;
- Glenmark 100% Pure Ground Beef Steak Eater’s
Beef in 3-lb packages with the date codes: 1768
followed by 23 and 24; 1778 followed by 18
through 24; 1828 followed by 08 through 23; 1878
followed by 07; 1918 followed by 15 through 23;
1958 followed by 22 through 24; and 1968 followed
by 08 through 23;
- Glenmark Cookout Burgers in 3-lb packages and
2-lb packages with the date codes: 1758 followed
by 08 through 15; 1778 followed by 08 through 17;
and 1878 followed by 07 through 15;
- Glenmark The Great Grillsby Mildly Seasoned Beef
Patties in 3-lb packages with the date codes:
1768 followed by 08 through 23; and 1898 followed
by 07 through 15;
- Ground Beef Patties, P&C Foods, in 3-lb
packages with date codes: 1828 followed by 22 or
23;
- Big M Supermarket Ground Beef Patties in 3-lb
packages with date codes: 1828 followed by 19
through 21;
- Armour Premium Beef Burgers in 3-lb packages and
1.5-lb packages with date codes: 8175; 8182;
8187; 8189; 8190; 8191; 8196; 8197.
|
| Production
Dates/Identifying Codes: |
June 24 through
July 15 production. Positive sample was from July 10,
1998, production |
| Problem/Reason
for Recall: |
Possible
contamination with E. coli O157:H7 |
| How/When
Discovered: |
Illness in
Albany, N.Y. prompted sampling. |
| Federal
Establishment: |
Est. 2504,
Glenmark Industries Ltd, Chicago, Ill.
|
| Corporate
Contact: |
David Van
Kampen, president, Glenmark Industies, 1-888-611-4330 |
| Quantity
Recalled: |
601,000 pounds,
of which 366,000 pounds was packaged for retail sale |
| Distribution:
|
Nationwide |
| Recall
Classification: |
Class I |
| Recall
Notification Level: |
To consumer
level |
| Press
Release: |
FSIS-98-RC-21 |
| Direct
Notification Means: |
Company
contacting distributors |
| FSIS
Followup Activities: |
Effectiveness
checks |
| Other
Agencies Involved: |
None |
| FSIS
Contacts: |
|
| Date
of Recall Meeting: |
November 20,
1998 |
| Recall
Case Number: |
EP-038-98 |