• 16-oz. vacuum-sealed packages containing “ORGANIC RANCHER ORGANIC GROUND BEEF 93% LEAN 7% FAT” with a use by date of 5-18-2022. ; • 16-oz. vacuum-sealed packages containing “ORGANIC RANCHER ORGANIC GROUND BEEF 85% LEAN 15% FAT” with a use by date of 5-18-2022.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a public health alert on May 11, 2022, for Organic Rancher brand organic ground beef products that may contain hard plastic. The affected products are 16-ounce vacuum-sealed packages of either 93% lean or 85% lean ground beef with a use-by date of May 18, 2022, bearing establishment number EST. 4027. These items were produced on April 20, 2022, and were shipped to Whole Foods Market locations nationwide. The contamination was discovered after consumers reported finding hard, rigid plastic in the products and notified the manufacturer.
No formal recall was issued because the products are no longer available for purchase. As of the alert date, there have been no confirmed reports of illness or adverse reactions from consuming these products. According to the source, affected consumers should throw away the products or return them to their place of purchase and should not consume them. Consumers with food safety questions can contact the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-674-6854 (Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern Time) or report problems through the online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System at https://foodcomplaint.fsis.usda.gov/eCCF/.
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Product Contamination
WASHINGTON, May 11, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for raw ground beef products due to concerns that the ground beef may contain hard plastic. A recall was not requested because the products are no longer available for purchase. The ground beef products were produced on April 20, 2022. The following products are subject to the public health alert [ view labels ]: 16-oz. vacuum-sealed packages containing “ORGANIC RANCHER ORGANIC GROUND BEEF 93% LEAN 7% FAT” with a use by date of 5-18-2022. 16-oz. vacuum-sealed packages containing “ORGANIC RANCHER ORGANIC GROUND BEEF 85% LEAN 15% FAT” with a use by date of 5-18-2022. The products bear establishment number “EST. 4027” inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to Whole Foods Market locations nationwide. The problem was discovered after the firm received complaints from consumers reporting they found hard, rigid plastic in the ground beef products. The firm then notified FSIS of the issue. There have been no confirmed reports of illness or adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an illness should contact a health care provider. FSIS is concerned that the products may be in consumers’ refrigerators or 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. Members of the media with questions about the public health alert can contact Daniel Desautels, President of NPC Processing Inc., at ddesautels@npcprocessing.com . Consumers with questions about the public health alert can contact Adam Bushell, Quality Assurance Manager at NPC Processing Inc., at adamb@npcprocessing.com . Consumers with food safety questions can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline (888-674-6854) or live chat via Ask USDA from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday. Consumers can also browse food safety messages at Ask USDA or send a question via email to MPHotline@usda.gov . For consumers that need to report a problem with a meat, poultry, or egg product, the online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System can be accessed 24 hours a day at https://foodcomplaint.fsis.usda.gov/eCCF/ .
Official record: USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service ↗
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