Key dates
- Published by USDA FSIS
- March 23, 2015
Affected product
WASHINGTON, March 23, 2015 Stock Yards Meat Packing Co., Inc., a Tucson, Ariz. establishment, is recalling approximately 2,149 pounds of roast beef due to misbranding, the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The product was mistakenly labeled as corned beef on the product label. The following item subject to recall, was produced on February 18, 2015: [ View Labels (pdf only)] 6-10 pound cryovac packages of Ready to Cook CORNED BEEF Bottom Round Flat. The product bears the establishment number EST. 6071 inside the USDA mark of inspection and has Use or Freeze by: 4/22/2015 printed on the product label. The product was shipped to businesses in Arizona and California. The problem was discovered when a customer of the recalling firm received the mislabeled product. FSIS and the company have received no reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products, and this product did not enter the School Lunch Program. FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers. Consumers with questions about the recall can contact Stacy Roth, Corporate Recall Specialist, at (847) 232-5898. Media with questions about the recall can contact Michelle Calcagni, Senior Director of Corporate Communications, at (847) 720-1652. Consumers with food safety questions can "Ask Karen," the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours a day at AskKaren.gov or via smartphone at m.askkaren.gov . The toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) is available in English and Spanish and can be reached from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday. Recorded food safety messages are available 24 hours a day. The online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System can be accessed 24 hours a day at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/reportproblem .
Where it was distributed
- States reported
- Arizona, California
What to check on your package
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USDA establishment number
- EST. 6071