Ground Beef Recalled in New Mexico

WASHINGTONWinn Meats Co., based in Dallas, is recalling approximately 25,600 pounds of ground beef products because they were improperly labeled and may be adulterated, the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Dec. 17.

The products labels include For Cooking Only," indicating that they are intended for further processing to apply a full lethality at a federally inspected establishment. The ground beef must be removed from commerce because they were distributed to non-federally inspected establishments where it cannot be verified that sufficient further processing occurred to remove foodborne pathogens that could have been present.

The recall involves 60-pound boxes of Ground Beef for Cooking Only." Each box bears the establishment number EST. 2338" inside the USDA mark of inspection and can be identified by the case code 506093." Boxes contain three 20-pound packages of ground beef.

The ground beef products were produced between Aug. 24, 2010, and Nov. 30, 2010. They were sent to a distribution center in Albuquerque, which sent the products to restaurants, central kitchens and caterers throughout the state.

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