WASHINGTON, January 18, 2011 - United Food Group, LLC, a Vernon, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 7,875 pounds of ready-to-eat Angus Beef patties that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes (Lm), the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The products subject to recall include:

• 22.5-pound cases of "FULLY COOKED BLACK ANGUS GROUND BEEF STEAK PATTIES," with each case containing 75 individual 4.8-ounce patties.

Each package bears the establishment number "EST. 31835" inside the USDA mark of inspection, a use-by date of "10-11-2011," and is marked with either "LINE #31 or LINE #32." The product subject to recall was produced on Oct. 11, 2010, and shipped to a single distributor in Calif. for further distribution to institutional users.

It should be noted that this product has been used and is no longer available in commerce. The company discovered, while conducting a year-end inventory, that the implicated product placed on hold was inadvertently shipped into commerce. As a result, the company conducted a recall and has retrieved and destroyed any remaining product from commerce.

FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers. FSIS and the company have received no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of the product. Individuals concerned about an illness should contact a physician.

Consumer and media with questions about the recall should contact the company's Executive Vice President for Food Safety & Quality Assurance, Timothy P. Biela at (817) 271-9146.

Consumers with food safety questions can "Ask Karen," the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours a day at AskKaren.gov. The toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) is available in English and Spanish and can be reached from l0 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday. Recorded food safety messages are available 24 hours a day.