Contaminated Beef Recalled From NY ShopRites, Other Stores

Beef that was potentially contaminated by E. coli and shipped to ShopRite stores in New York has been recalled by the federal government. The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced the recall this week.

The contaminated beef was packaged and shipped out of a company in Ontario, Canada, the FSIS said, and the FSIS is helping the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to recall the products.

According to the FSIS, the contaminated meat is mainly ground beef that was made into pre-formed hamburger patties. They include Landis and Ziyad brand beef patties, as well as ShopRite's store brand beef patties. The recall also includes Kronos Halal gyro strips and Devanco Foods gyro slices. The labels are:

• 10-lb. cardboard box packages containing bulk plastic wrapped raw frozen ground beef gyros labeled “DEVANCO FOODS CHICAGO’S FAVORITE” GYROS SLICES (STRIPS) with a case code 159 19.

• 10-lb. cardboard box packages containing bulk plastic wrapped raw frozen ground beef gyros labeled “KRONOS HALAL GYROS STRIPS” HALAL CERTIFIED BEEF GYROS UNCOOKED, IQF STRIPS with a case code 19 159.

• Retail sized (8 patties) cardboard box packages containing “ZIYAD PREMIUM QUALITY Beef Hamburger Patties” with a case code 911541.021541.

• Retail sized (8 kabobs) cardboard box packages containing “ZIYAD PREMIUM QUALITY Uncooked Kufta Kabob” with a case code 911154.021154.

• 8-lb. cardboard box packages containing bulk plastic wrapped raw frozen ground beef patties labeled “Shop Rite 100% PURE QUARTER POUND Ground Beef Hamburgers” and a sell by date of 060720.

• 3-lb. cardboard box packages containing plastic wrapped raw frozen ground beef patties labeled “Shop Rite 100% PURE Ground Beef Hamburgers” and a sell by date of 060720.

• 2-lb. cardboard box packages containing plastic wrapped raw frozen ground beef patties labeled “LANDIS BRAND 100% ALL BEEF PATTIES 8 Quarter Pound Patties” and a sell by date of 060720.

The FSIS said that the products may be in the freezers of consumers or restaurants. Anyone who has the products should throw them away or return them to the store they were purchased from.

E. coli is a bacteria that can cause bloody diarrhea, dehydration and possible kidney failure. It is potentially deadly.

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