Ground Beef Recalled Due to E. coli
Topps Meat Company Recalls Some of Its Frozen Ground Beef Patties; 6 New Yorkers Ill From E. coli
By
Miranda Hitti
WebMD Health News
Reviewed By
Louise Chang, MD
Sept. 26, 2007 -- Topps Meat Co. has recalled more than 331,000 pounds of
itsfrozen ground beef patties because ofpossible contamination with
E. coli bacteria.
Six people in New York state became sick after eating the hamburgers, New
York State Department of Health spokeswoman Claudia Hutton tells WebMD.
A sample of the product tested positive for E. coli 0157:H7 bacteria,
which can cause abdominal cramps and diarrhea (which may be bloody).
Most people recover from E. coli infection within a week and without
treatment, but potentially deadly complications may develop in some people. The
young, old, and ill are particularly at risk.
Topps Recall
The recall only includes certain boxes of the company's Topps, Butcher's
Best, Kohler Foods, Sand Castle Fine Meat, and Westside patties and
hamburgers.
Here is the full list of Topps recalled products, according to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA):
- 10-pound boxes of "BUTCHER'S BEST 100% ALL BEEF PATTIES 75/25, 6 OZ.
FLAT, 27 PIECES." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUL 23
08."
- 10-pound boxes of "BUTCHER'S BEST 100% ALL BEEF PATTIES 75/25, 4 OZ.
(4-1), 40 PIECES." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUL 23
08."
- 10-pound boxes of "KOHLER FOODS 4 OZ. FLAT HAMBURGER, CODE: 60100, 40
PCS." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUL 23 08."
- 10-pound boxes of "KOHLER FOODS 6 OZ. FLAT HAMBURGER, CODE: 60200, 27
PCS." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUL 23 08."
- 10-pound boxes of "KOHLER FOODS 8 OZ. FLAT HAMBURGER, CODE: 60300, 20
PCS." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUL 23 08."
- 10-pound boxes of "SAND CASTLE FINE MEAT, 100% PREMIUM BEEF HAMBURGERS
80/20, 8 OZ. FLAT, 20 COUNT." Each box bears a packed-on date of "JUN
22 07."
- 10-pound boxes of "SAND CASTLE FINE MEAT, 100% PREMIUM BEEF HAMBURGERS
85/15, 6 OZ. FLAT, 27 COUNT." Each box bears a packed-on date of "JUN
22 07."
- 2-pound boxes of "Topps 100% Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers, 8
Quarter Pounders." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUL 12
08."
- 2-pound boxes of "Topps 100% Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers, 3 OZ., 10
COUNT." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUL 12 08."
- 3-pound boxes of "Topps 100% Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers, 6 OZ. PUB
Burgers." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUN 22 08."
- 3-pound boxes of "Topps 100% Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers, 12 Quarter
Pounders." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUN 22 08," "JUL
12 08" or "JUL 23 08."
- 3-pound boxes of "Topps 100% Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers, 16
Hamburgers." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUL 23 08."
- 5-pound boxes of "Topps 100% Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers, 20 Quarter
Pounders." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUN 22 08," "JUL
12 08" or "JUL 23 08."
- 8-pound boxes of "Topps 100% Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers, 32 Quarter
Pounders." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUN 22 08."
- 10-pound boxes of "Topps 100% PREMIUM HAMBURGERS 5 OZ. (1/2")."
Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUN 22 08."
- 10-pound boxes of "Topps HAMBURGERS, 3.2 OZ, 50 COUNT." Each box
bears a sell-by date of "JUL 12 08."
- 10-pound boxes of "Topps 100% PREMIUM HAMBURGERS, 8 OZ. (Pub
Burger)." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUL 23 08."
- 10-pound boxes of "Topps 100% PREMIUM HAMBURGERS, 4 OZ. (4-1)
Homestyle." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUL 23 08."
- 10-pound boxes of "WESTSIDE, 100% PREMIUM HAMBURGER, 8 OZ FLAT, 20
COUNT." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUN 22 08."
- 10-pound boxes of "WESTSIDE, 100% PREMIUM HAMBURGER, 6 OZ FLAT, 27
COUNT." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUN 22 08."
- 10-pound boxes of "WESTSIDE, 100% PREMIUM HAMBURGER, 5 OZ FLAT, 32
COUNT." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUN 22 08."
Each package also bears the establishment number "Est. 9748" inside
the USDA mark of inspection.
If you've got any of the recalled products, the USDA advises you to return
them to the place where you bought them.
The recalled products were produced on June 22, July 12, or July 23 and were
distributed to food service institutions in the New York metropolitan area and
to shops nationwide, states the USDA.
Topps is fully cooperating with the USDA, according to media reports.
SOURCES: News release, New York State Department of Health. Claudia Hutton,
spokeswoman, New York State Department of Health. News release, U.S. Department
of Agriculture.
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