Beef Recall

United Food Group, LLC, a Vernon, Calif., establishment, is voluntarily recalling ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli. They have recalled a total of 460,000 pounds of ground beef (this includes the 370,000 pounds that they just added). The ground beef products were produced on April 20 and were shipped to retail distribution centers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon and Utah.

The labels of the products subject to recall bear the establishment number "EST. 1241" inside the USDA mark of inspection or printed on the package.

All of the products in the original recall bear a sell by date of "Apr/29/07" or "Apr/30/07", a freeze by date of "Apr/28/07" or "Apr/30/07" or a produced on date of "April 13-07".

All of the products in the expanded recall bear a sell by date of "May/06/07," a freeze by date of "May/07/07" or a produced on date of "April/20/07."

Products subject to recall include:
10-pound casings of "MORAN'S All Natural, 73/27 fine ground beef."
10-pound casings of "MORAN'S All Natural, 90/10 fine ground sirloin."
2-pound chubs of "INTER-AMERICAN PRODUCTS 93/7 ground beef."
1-pound chubs of "INTER-AMERICAN PRODUCTS 80/20 ground beef."
1-pound chubs of "MORAN'S All Natural 73/27 ground beef."
5-pound chubs of "MORAN'S All Natural 73/27 ground beef."
3-pound chubs of "MORAN'S All Natural 73/27 ground beef."
1-pound chubs of "MORAN'S All Natural, 90/10 fine ground sirloin."
2-pound chubs of "MORAN'S All Natural 93/7 ground beef."
2-pound chubs of "MORAN'S All Natural 96/4 ground beef."
3-pound chubs of "STATER BROS. MARKETS 73/27 ground beef."

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.

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