Rochester Meat Recalls 188,000 Pounds of E. coli Contaminated Ground Beef Products

Rochester Meat Company, of Minnesota is voluntarily recalling approximately 188,000 pounds of ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced on January 12. The contamination was discovered through an investigation initiated by the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services and the California Department of Public Health into five illnesses in Wisconsin and one illness in California.

The ground beef products were distributed to restaurants and food service institutions nationwide and were not distributed to stores for consumer purchase. The beef subject to recall was produced on Oct. 30, 2007, and Nov. 6, 2007. Each box bears the establishment number “Est. 8999″ inside the USDA mark of inspection. Recalled products
include:

10-pound boxes of “SEASONED BEEF BULK” bearing a product number of “09068,” as well as an eight-digit lot number beginning with “730314.”

10-pound boxes of “100% PURE BEEF PATTIES” bearing a product number of “09071,” as well as an eight-digit a lot number beginning with “731013.”

15-pound boxes of “CHEYENNE SEASONED BEEF PATTIES” bearing a product number of “12017″ or “12018,” as well as an eight-digit lot number beginning with “730314.”

10-, 15- and 20-pound boxes of “100% PURE GROUND BEEF PATTIES” bearing a product number of “1340,” “127533,” “135724,” “158843″ or “158852,”
as well as an eight-digit lot number beginning with “731013″ or “731014.”

10-pound boxes of “100% PURE GROUND CHUCK BEEF PATTIES” bearing a product number of “158898,” as well as an eight-digit lot number beginning with “731014.”

10-, 15- and 25-pound boxes of “100% PURE GROUND BEEF CHUCK PATTIES” bearing a product number of “85227,” “227806,” “407823,” “407830,”
“407840,” “417841″ or “437531,” as well as an eight-digit lot number beginning with “730314,” “731013,” or “731014.”

10-pound boxes of “OUR HOMESTYLE 100% PURE GROUND BEEF PATTIES” bearing a product number of “208033,” as well as an eight-digit lot number beginning with “731014.”

15-pound boxes of “SEASONED BEEF PATTIES” bearing a product number of “357835,” as well as an eight-digit lot number beginning with “730314.”

15- and 15.3-pound boxes of “USDA CHOICE OR HIGHER 100% PURE GROUND BEEF PATTIES” bearing a product number of “437507″ or “437521,” as well as an eight-digit lot number beginning with “730314,” “731013,”or “731014.”

15-pound boxes of “USDA CHOICE OR HIGHER GROUND BEEF CHUCK PATTIES”bearing a product number of “437822,” as well as an eight-digit lot number beginning with “731014.”