Posted February 13, 2014
Rancho Feeding Corporation, of Peteluma, California,
has recalled about 8.7 million pounds of beef, because it processed diseased
and unsound animals and carried out these activities without the benefit or
full benefit of federal inspection, according to a news release from USDA’s
Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) available here. Agri-Pulse also reported on the story here.
Products subject to the recall include beef carcasses,
beef heads, oxtail, cheeks, lips, “mountain oysters,” liver, tripe, tongue and
others.
The boxes are marked with the establishment number
“EST.527” inside the USDA mark of inspection and a case code number ending in 3
or 4. The products were produced from
Jan. 1, 2013 through Jan. 7, 2014 and shipped to California, Florida, Illinois
and Texas.
For more information on food safety, please visit the
National Agricultural Law Center’s website here.
