Pride of Florida Recalls Beef for E. coli Risk

E. coli Lawyer Pride of Florida E. coli recall

Pride of Florida of Raiford, FL has issued a recall of almost 65,000 pounds of beef shipped to commercial distributors that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.  The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is concerned that some companies may still have these products, produced on various dates from Sept. 23, 2019 to Oct. 10, 2019, in their freezers.

The Pride of Florida beef recall includes:

  • “CIRCLE A BRAND 85-15 LEAN GROUND BEEF”  in 24-lb. cases containing 1-lb chubs of with pack date Oct. 8, 2019; package code of Oct. 8. 2020 and case code of 1-86407-30002-5.
  • “CIRCLE A BRAND 80/20 GROUND BEEF” in 24-lb. cases containing 1-lb chubs with pack dates 9-26-19, 9-27-19, 9-30-19; package codes of Sept. 26, 2020, Sept. 27, 2020, Sept. 30, 2020; and case code of FG-8020-24-1.
    “CIRCLE A BRAND 80/20 GROUND BEEF” in 12-lb. cases containing 1-lb chubs of with a pack date of 9-26-19; package code of Sept. 26, 2020; and a case code of FG-8020-12-1.
  • “CLARKS 5 CHOPPED BEEF STEAKS” in 15-lb. cases containing 20-oz packages with a pack date of 9-23-19; a package code of Sept. 23, 2020; and a case code of 0-73673-00211-4.
  • “CLARKS 5 CHOPPED PEPPER STEAKS” in 13-lb. cases containing 17.5-oz packages with a pack date of 9-23-19; a product code of Sept. 23, 2020; and a case code of 0-73673-00222-0.
  • “SOUTHEAST PROTEIN PURVEYOR GROUND BEEF PATTIES” in 20-lb. cases containing 5.3-oz packages with a pack date of 10-18-19; a package code of Oct. 10, 2020; and a case code of FG-8020-20-5.3.
  • “SOUTHEAST PROTEIN PURVEYOR 81/19 GROUND BEEF” in 40-lb. cases containing 10-lb packages of with pack dates of 9-30-19, 10-2-19, 10-8-19, package codes of Sept. 30, 2020, Oct. 2, 2020, and Oct. 8, 2020; and case codes of FG-81/19-10C-40# and FG-81/19-10C-40.
  • “SOUTHEAST PROTEIN PURVEYORS 80-20 GROUND BEEF” in 60-lb. cases containing 10-lb packages of with a pack date of 9-26-19; a package code of Sept. 26, 2020; and a case code of FG80/20-60-6/10

These products should not be sold or eaten as E. coli can cause serious illness and death. At the time of the recall no illnesses had been reported, the company said.

 

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