JSM Meat Holding Company Beef Recall

Below is a USDA-FSIS announcement regarding the JSM Meat Holding Company beef recall due to possible contamination with E. coli O157:H7. Pritzker | Ruohonen is providing the USDA-FSIS recall announcement as a public service. Pritzker | Ruohonen is a national food poisoning litigation law firm, and lawyers at the firm have been interviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other publications. Fred Pritzker, Rich Ruohonen and Elliot Olsen have been named "Super Lawyers" by Law & Politics magazine. To contact our law firm, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll-free), e-mail our lawyers or submit the firm's free case consultation form.

USDA-FSIS Announcement: JSM Meat Holding Company Beef Recall Due to Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination

May 16, 2008 - Beef JSM Meat Holdings Company, Inc. has recalled an undetermined amount of beef products intended for use in ground products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.

The following products are subject to recall:

30-, 60- pound boxes, combo boxes or 47-gallon barrels of "MORREALE MEAT" beef products labeled as "Boneless Chucks," "Boneless Clods," "Flat Rounds," "Gooseneck Rounds," "Knuckle," "Heel Meat," "Scotties," "Trimmings 50," "Trimmings 60," "Trimmings 65," "Trimmings 70," "Trimmings 75," "Trimmings 80," "Trimmings 85," or "Trimmings 90."

The beef products bear the establishment number "EST. 6872" inside the USDA mark of inspection. These beef products were distributed to establishments for further processing in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

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