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USDA Food Safety and Inspection ServiceRecalled 2018-04-11closedclass ii

Koch Foods Inc. Recalls Beef Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination

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What happened

Koch Foods Inc. is recalling approximately 119,480 pounds of fully cooked rib-shaped beef patties with BBQ sauce that may contain thin blue plastic pieces. The products were produced on July 8, 2016, and shipped in 30-pound bulk boxes to institutional distributors nationwide. They are identified by case code 67329 and lot number JTM 16190, with establishment number EST. 20795. The contamination was discovered after a customer notified the company, which then reported the issue to the USDA on April 5, 2018. There have been no confirmed reports of illness or injury from these products.

Consumers who have purchased these products should not eat them and should throw them away or return them to the place of purchase. The recall source does not specify additional remedies beyond disposal or return.

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Hazard

Product Contamination

Details from the source

WASHINGTON, April 11, 2018 Koch Foods, Inc., a Fairfield, Ohio establishment, is recalling approximately 119,480 pounds of beef rib-shaped patty products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically thin blue plastic pieces, the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The fully cooked, not shelf stable rib-shaped beef patty with BBQ sauce products were produced on July 8, 2016. The following products are subject to recall: [ View Label (PDF Only)] 30-lb. bulk boxes containing 6 plastic shrink-wrapped unlabeled packages of Fully Cooked Rib-Shaped Beef Patty With BBQ Sauce and identified by case code 67329 and lot number JTM 16190 represented on the label. The products subject to recall bear establishment number EST. 20795 inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to a distributors nationwide for institutional use. The problem was discovered when the firm received notification from a customer, and the firm notified FSIS on April 5, 2018. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider. FSIS is concerned that some product may be frozen and in consumers freezers. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase. 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. Consumers with questions about the recall can contact Mark Kaminsky, Quality Assurance Manager, at (847) 384-5940. Media with questions can contact James Bohlander, Recall Coordinator, at (513) 642-2653. Consumers with food safety questions can "Ask Karen," the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours a day at AskKaren.gov or via smartphone at m.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 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday. Recorded food safety messages are available 24 hours a day. The online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System can be accessed 24 hours a day at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/reportproblem .

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