FSIS ALERT: Public Health Alert for Ground Beef Products Due To Salmonella Contamination in Safeway supermarkets in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and New Mexico - 38 sickened.

Posted on December 23, 2007 by E. coli Attorney

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert due to illnesses from Salmonella Newport associated with fresh ground beef products contaminated with multi-drug resistant Salmonella that may have been ground and sold at Safeway supermarkets in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and New Mexico between Sept. 19 and Nov. 5, 2007.

This public health alert was initiated after epidemiological investigations and a case control study conducted by the California Department of Public Health, Arizona Department of Health Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, determined that there is an association between the fresh ground beef products and 38 illnesses reported in Arizona (16), California (18), Idaho (1) and Nevada (3). The illnesses were linked through the epidemiological investigation by their rare PFGE pattern found in PulseNet, a database maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Risk of E. coli contamination spurs Safeway recall of ground beef

Posted on June 7, 2007 by E. coli Lawyer

Safeway issued the following press release after being informed that United Food Group was expanding its recall of ground beef products:

Safeway Recalls Specific Ground Beef Products in Arizona

TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2007--Safeway is voluntarily recalling several fresh ground beef products sold at its Arizona stores because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The products have sell-by dates of April 20, 2007 through May 1, 2007.

The recall is in response to United Food Group LLC's extended recall of 370,000 pounds of ground beef. The recall has been extended to include a number of products, including the following products sold at Safeway stores:

  1. Miller Ground Beef Chub 80% Lean
  2. Regular Ground Beef 73% Lean
  3. Regular Ground Beef 73% Lean Extreme Value
  4. Lean Ground Beef 80% Lean
  5. 80% Lean Ground Beef Market 20% Fat
  6. Lean Ground Beef 80% Lean Extreme Value
  7. Lean Ground Sirloin
  8. Leanest Ground Beef 93% Lean
  9. Lean Ground Sirloin Extreme Value
  10. 93% Lean Ground Beef 7% Fat Extreme Value
  11. 85% Lean Ground Beef 15% Fat Extreme Value
  12. 80% Lean Ground Beef Market 20% Fat Extreme Value

Customers are asked to discard these products or return them to their local store for a full refund.

Customers who have questions about the recall can contact Safeway at 1-800-SAFEWAY.

CONTACT: Safeway Inc.
Nikki Daly, 480-894-4129
SOURCE: Safeway Inc.

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