First Turkey Now Ground Beef Recalled

Currently, there is the possibility that some of the tainted meat has been distributed to meat packing companies in Detroit along with Indianapolis and to Wal-Mart stores in Indiana, Pennsylvania and Wyoming.

Another major meat recall is circulating the United States as National Beef Packing Company in Dodge City Kansas, is recalling thousands of pounds of ground beef. Just a little over a week ago Cargill Value Added Meats Retail based also in Kansas, had announced an immediate recall of approximately 36 million frozen ground turkey products.

This recall had been announced Friday by The U.S. Department of Agriculture, that National Beef was recalling 60,000 pounds of beef after the Ohio Department of Agriculture had discovered bacteria during the testing. This recall is a Class I recall with high health risks.

At this time at least three major grocery chains are affected by this recall. The chains of Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., Publix Super Markets Inc., and Kroger Company have announced that the recall is mainly in the Southeastern region of the United States. The states mainly affect are; Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee. However, the meat in question was sent to several distributors and potentially could have been repackaged for consumers and sold throughout the nation.

Posted on August 13, the Publix News Room states on the site this is voluntary recall for assorted varieties of products that do contain ground chuck due to the fact it may have been tainted with E.coli 0157:H7. Publix is recalling the following random weight products produced at Publix retail meat departments. The recall is with the sell date of July 25 through August 12.

According to Publix website the following items are on the recall list:

Item GTIN / UPC Product Description

93802 0029380200000 Seasoned Beef Meatballs

96643 0029664300000 Meat Loaf (Oven Ready)

96042 0029604200000 Ground Chuck Patties

96039 0029603900000 Ground Chuck

96640 0029664000000 Stuffed Peppers

93801 0029380100000 Seasoned Salisbury steak

69282 0026928200000 Montreal Seasoned Chuck Patties

72426 0027242600000 Mesquite Seasoned Chuck Patties

75526 0027552600000 Badia Seasoned Chuck Patties

77699 0027769900000 Steakhouse Ground Chuck Patties

98002 0029800200000 Jalapeno Burger

98003 0029800300000 Bacon & Cheddar Burger

97376 0029737600000 A/B Ground Chuck

98000 0029800000000 Blue Cheese Burger

98153 0029815300000 SC Bacon Cheddar Burger

69224 0026922400000 SC Seasoned Beef Meatball

98150 0029815000000 SC Blue Cheese Burger

69160 0026916000000 SC Meat Loaf (Oven Ready)

16683 0021668300000 SC Stuffed Peppers

16682 0021668200000 SC Pork, Beef, Ham Meatball

98001 0029800100000 Horseradish Cheddar Burger

69535 0026953500000 SC Montreal Seasoned Chuck Patties

98151 0029815100000 SC Horseradish Burger

98152 0029815200000 SC Jalapeno Burger

99950 0029995000000 Ground Chuck Slider Patties

96043 0029604300000 Ground Chuck for Chili

96037 0029603700000 Beef and Pork for Meatloaf

In regards to consumers who may have the possibly contaminated meat you may return the product back to the store for a full refund. The USDA has a hotline available for questions at 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-685-5463).

Children are most often affected by E.coli than adults of E.coli 015:H7. Most people with the infection will have the following symptoms:

Severe stomach cramps and severe tenderness in the stomach

Diarrhea, water at beginning but most of the time becomes very bloody

Nausea and vomiting

Bloody diarrhea is common in confirmed cases of E.coli; however, the bacteria can be a possible cause of non-bloody diarrhea. For more information on when to call your physician about non-bloody diarrhea the information can be viewed at WebMD at Diarrhea Age 12 and over and Diarrhea Age 11 and younger.

The symptoms from an E.coli infection most of the time ends in one week without any further problems. However, severe blood and kidney problems can occur within two weeks after the beginning of diarrhea. These problems could cause kidney failure and at times long-term disability and even death in some children and older adults.

The Department of Agriculture is cautioning people to cook ground beef at a temperature of at least 160 degrees. Check the temperature with a food thermometer which measures internal temperatures.

Kroger, the nation's largest traditional grocery store chain, note the recalled products include ground chuck, ground beef patties, meatballs and meat loaf made in the stores.

Consumers should return the beef on the recall list for a full refund. The packages have a "sell by" date and those dates once again are between July 25 and August 12th. Please note that Winn-Dixie products include ground chuck and patties with a "sell by" dates from July 31 to August 12.

Kroger in Detroit:

14383 Gratiot Avenue

313-527-1937

Other Kroger store area locations near Detroit are listed online at Kroger Store Locations.