FSIS
 

WASHINGTON – The US Dept. of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued two separate beef recalls due to possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination. North Haverhill, New Hampshire-based PT Farm, LLC is recalling approximately 8,800 lbs. of raw beef products and Good Food Concepts, LLC, under the Ranch Foods Direct brand, Colorado Springs, Colorado, is recalling approximately 2,606 lbs. of non-intact beef products.

The PT Farms raw, intact and non-intact beef product items including ground beef, ground beef patties and other sub-primal cuts were produced between June 6 and June 16, 2016. The following products are subject to recall:

  • Various weights and various sizes of raw intact and raw non-intact “Chestnut Farms” beef products packed in cardboard boxes.
  • Various weights and various sizes of raw intact and raw non-intact “PT Farm” beef products packed in cardboard boxes.
  • Various weights and various sizes of raw intact and raw non-intact “Miles Smith Farm” beef products packed in cardboard boxes.
  • Various weights and various sizes of raw intact and raw non-intact “Robie Farm” beef products packed in cardboard boxes.

The affected products bear establishment number “M8868” inside the USDA mark of inspection. The items were shipped to retail locations and for institutional use in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.                          

FSIS, working alongside the New Hampshire Dept. of Health and Human Services, determined that there is a link between the beef products from PT Farm and an E. coli O157:H7 illness cluster that was detected on July 20. Fourteen case-patients have been identified with illness onset dates ranging from June 15 to July 10; traceback of eight case-patients led back to a single day of production at PT Farm. This investigation is ongoing.

The non-intact beef items from Good Food Concepts were produced on June 6, 7, and 8. The following products are subject to recall:

  • Packages containing “Callicrate Beef Ground Beef: Beef 4-1 Ground Beef Patties 15# case.”
  • Packages containing “Callicrate Beef Ground Beef: Beef 4-1 Ground Beef Patties 5# box.”
  • Packages containing “Callicrate Beef Ground Beef: Beef 3-1 Ground Beef Patties 5# box.”
  • Packages containing “Callicrate Beef Ground Beef: Beef 2-1 Ground Beef Patties 15# case.”
  • 1-lb. packages containing “Callicrate Beef Ground Beef: Beef Ground Beef 85% 1#.”
  • 1-lb. packages containing “Callicrate Beef Ground Beef: Beef Ground Beef 80% 1#.”
  • 1-lb. packages containing “Callicrate Beef Ground Beef: Beef Ground Beef Sirloin 90% 1#.”
  • Packages containing “Callicrate Beef Ground Beef: Beef Ground Beef 85/15 1# x 20 Bundle.”
  • Packages containing “Callicrate WAGYU Beef Ground Beef: WAGYU Ground Beef 1#.”
  • 1-lb. packages containing “Beef Stew Meat Tenderized.”
  • Packages containing “Ranch Foods Direct Ground Beef 85/15.”
  • Packages containing “Ranch Foods Direct Ground Beef 80/20.”
  • Packages containing “Ranch Foods Direct Ground Chuck.”
  • Packages containing “Ranch Foods Direct 80% Lean 20% Fat 3/1 Patties NET WT. 15#.”
  • Packages containing “Ranch Foods Direct 80% Lean 20% Fat 2/1 Patties 7 OZ NET WT. 15#.”
  • Packages containing “Ranch Foods Direct 80% Lean 20% Fat 3/1 Patties NET WT. 5.0#.”
  • Packages containing “Ranch Foods Direct 80% Lean 20% Fat 4/1 Patties NET WT. 15#.”
  • Packages containing “Ranch Foods Direct 80% Lean 20% Fat 2/1 Patties NET WT. 15#.”
  • Packages containing “Ranch Foods Direct 80% Lean 20% Fat 6/1 Patties NET WT. 15#.”
  • Packages containing “Ranch Foods Direct Ground Beef (73/27).”
  • Packages containing “Ranch Foods Direct Ground Tenderloin.”
  • Products identified as “Cowpool D 1/4.”
  • Products identified as “Cowpool A 1/8.”
  • Packages containing “Chef’s Bundle: 4-Skirt Steak, 6- NY Strips, 6-Top Sirloin, 3-Chuck Roast, 2-Cube Steak, 15-Ground Beef 80% Lean 20% Fat.”
  • Packages containing “Colorado Bundle: 4-Skirts Steaks, 4-Chuck Eye Steaks, 4-Top Sirloin, 2-Chuck Roast, 15-Ground Beef 80% Lean 20% Fat.”

The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. 27316” inside the USDA mark of inspection and “PACKED ON” dates of June 6, 7, and 8, 2016. These items were shipped to wholesale and retail locations in Colorado.

One case-patient has been identified by FSIS in Colorado with an illness onset date of June 12. FSIS determined that there is a possible link between the ground beef products from Ranch Foods Direct and this illness. The investigation is ongoing. FSIS will continue to work with the Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment and the El Paso County Public Health Dept. and will provide new information as it’s available.