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Fairbanks Farms of Ashville, N.Y., expanded its ground beef recall on Monday after learning packages of its meat produced between Sept. 14 and 16 may have been distributed to more states than first thought. The recalled ground beef was sold in Acme, BJ's, Ford Brothers, Giant Food Stores, Price Chopper, Shaw's and Trader Joe's.
Get the full recall list after the jump.
According to the FDA, packages of recalled meat bear the "EST. 492" on the nutrition label and most of the products had a sell-by date between Sept. 19 and Sept. 28, 2009.
Trader Joe's
• 1-pound packages of "Trader Joe's Butcher Shop Fine Quality Meats Ground Beef 85/15."
• 1-pound packages of "Trader Joe's Butcher Shop Fine Quality Meats Ground Beef 80/20."
The sell-by dates for the above two products may be October 6 or 7, 2009.
• 1-pound trays of "Trader Joe's Butcher Shop Fine Quality Meats Ground Beef Patties 96/4 Extra Lean."
• 1-pound trays of "Trader Joe's Butcher Shop Fine Quality Meats Ground Beef Patties 85/15."
Price Chopper
• 1- and 2.5-pound trays of "Price Chopper Meatloaf & Meatball Mix."
• 1-pound trays of "Price Chopper Extra Lean Ground Beef 96/4."
• 1-pound trays of "Price Chopper Fresh Ground Beef Chuck for Chili 80% Lean 20% Fat."
Lancaster and Wild Harvest
• 1-pound trays of "Lancaster Brand 96/4 Extra Lean Ground Beef."
• 1- and 2-pound trays of "Lancaster Brand 90/10 Ground Beef."
• 1-pound trays of "Wild Harvest Natural 85/15 Angus Ground Beef."
Shaw's
• 1- and 2-pound trays of "Shaw's Fresh Ground Beef 93/7."
• 1-, 2- and 3-pound trays of "Shaw's Fresh Ground Beef 80/20."
• 1- and 3-pound trays of "Shaw's Fresh Ground Beef 75/25."
• 1.3-pound trays of "Shaw's Fresh Ground Sirloin Beef Patties 90/10."
• 1.3-pound trays of "Shaw's Fresh Ground Round Beef Patties 85/15."
• 1.3-pound trays of "Shaw's Fresh Ground Beef Patties 80/20."
• 3-pound trays of "Shaw's Fresh Ground Beef Patties Family Pack 80/20."
• 1-pound trays of "Shaw's Angus Ground Beef 85/15."
• 1-, 2- and 3-pound trays of "Shaw's Fresh Ground Round Beef 85/15."
• 1-pound trays of "Shaw's 90% Natural Ground Beef."
• 1-pound trays of "Shaw's 85% Natural Ground Beef."
• 1-, 2- and 3-pound trays of "Shaw's Fresh Ground Sirloin 90/10."
• 1-pound trays of "Meatloaf & Meatball Mix."
BJ's
• 5-pound trays of "Fresh Ground Beef, Contains 15% Fat" patties.
• 3- and 5-pound trays of "Lean Ground Beef, Contains 7% Fat."
• 2.5-pound trays of "Meatloaf & Meatball Mix."
Ford Brothers
• 3-pound trays of "Fresh Ground Beef, Contains 20% Fat" patties.
Giant
• 1-pound trays of "Giant Extra Lean Ground Beef 96/4."
• 1-pound trays of "Giant Meatloaf & Meatball Mix."
• 1-pound trays of "Giant Nature's Promise Ground Beef."
• 1-pound trays of "Giant Nature's Promise Ground Beef Patties."
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11-03-2009 @9:04AM Denise said... It is so sick that we can not trust our own food in this country anymore an they want to bring Chinese poultry over here? McDonalds will be the first one to use in their chicken McNuggets! You can not even think about being a veggie because even the vegetables are being recalled....something wrong here.
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11-03-2009 @9:23AM dianne p said... and why does this take so long to reveal its november for gods sake
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11-03-2009 @10:39AM Mr. Hankey said... Simple mathmatical deduction: Illegal immigrants invade US with "no hygiene training" + corrupt/greedy food producers hire them for 1/10 normal wage = Poop/ecoli on the plate for dinner, Enjoy! Next rocket science question.......
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11-03-2009 @11:43AM T said... I don't get why this beef isn't tested on site for contamination. I takes the simplest bacterial test to determine this. The milk industry has done it for decades. -T
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11-03-2009 @11:52AM Genie said... To Hankey:
No Americans will work for the wages producers are giving. This is why immigrants are hired.
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11-03-2009 @11:55AM rachel said... If they took better care of the animals, and didn't let them stand around in thier s**t, just treat them humanly, maybe we wouldn't have all these crazy diseasing, bacteria, and people scared to eat food from their local krogers or whatever...if i could i would live on an island alone with no contact from this crazy A$$ world!!!!
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11-03-2009 @12:17PM mckempf1225 said... Sad part is most people have probably already eaten it!
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11-03-2009 @12:33PM P Moritz said... We need REGULATION! With republican rule for the good part of 30 years, companies, corporations, etc, can get away with anything. And, not all the blame lies with them; THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OVEREAT and will buy cheap ground "meat". As a child, we had meat once a week and WERE VERY HEALTHY CHILDREN. Americans need to demand quality!!!!!!
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11-03-2009 @12:34PM cynthia said... thats why we should only be buying local and organic meats and food.... buy local! buy organic!!!
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11-03-2009 @2:01PM greg said... when will they start cracking down on illegal imagration.less illegals,will make companies,have to pay higher wages,to american workers.oh and lets not forget,less imagrants = less public assistance,for those illegal imagrants too.
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11-03-2009 @1:08PM santiago said... NYU dental sends much of their lab work-dentures etc-to China. Its a lot cheaper but unfortunately the work is shoddy at best. And when the work comes back shoddy they explain that you may need a relineing at a cost of an additional $200.00
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11-03-2009 @12:55PM rupert said... I beg to DISAGREE with that moron P. Moritz plus I have other comments. To P.M. I simply say we don't need any more ******* laws. There are plenty that are just not being enforced. Morons think that you can pass a law and presto everything is solved. As an example we have immigration laws in place. So why are there illegal immigrants? The obvious answer is you have to enforce the laws you have. If the laws were enforced we would not have any of these recalls.
Secondly, this meat was produced in September. Most of it is consumed by now. This smacks more of government agitation to produce more laws which won't be enforced except to drive out competition.
Welcome to the new world order!
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11-03-2009 @12:58PM tana green said... And watch for tampering of the sell by dates. It's happened before.
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11-03-2009 @1:08PM Doug said... Why doesn’t corporate American pay its employees more money and take a little less profit. The way it used to be back in the 70’s
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11-03-2009 @1:09PM santiago said... The ground meat I buy at Morton Williams always looks rosy flesh fresh red on the outside but when I open the package and dig into the meat, the unseen section looks rotten and aged. Make no mistake about it, corporate America will sell you anything that makes them a profit. Your health-or getting value is their last consideration. Doesn't matter who you vote for-its a no win situation-They are the power brokers. They buy and sell our elected officials by the dozen. Corruption fueld by greed is our everyday brand of capitalism. I know no other form of governmemt that is better.
Best advise-be vigilant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It aint gonna change!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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11-03-2009 @1:21PM D said... and up pops the average uneducated American.
that darker color is perfectly natural. the bright rosy red you think is better is actually a reaction to oxygen. a well sealed package of meat will look darker in color. have you never seen a properly aged steak before?
love it when people jump right in with their scientific conclusions they know nothing about- like the video of the idiot woman with the "rainbows in her sprinkler" who was convinced this natural process of light refraction was a sure sign of government tampering with her water!
+1000000 to the guy talking about the cheap laborers/illegal labor brought in.
I'm also on board the idea that animal rights fanatics tamper with the product to scare consumers away from meat. funny how they didn't release their videos of their 'undercover' employee in the CA processing facility until four months after that meat went out to the public.
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11-03-2009 @1:41PM jim said... Never ever buy anything that has lemon or pepper flavoring or food sold in the store deli. They always use their outdated or close to spoiled products to save on waste and throw aways. Most stores will flvor with lemon or bar b que products to coer up spoiled taste. Flavored whole chickens should be avoided at all costs.
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11-03-2009 @2:03PM Will said... I am no longer amazed by the pile of baloney people make of this kind of event. Claims that local and so called natural and organic is better is stupid, in fact, those are the highest risk, no way can they have the sanitation monitoring and facilities that the large companies have. The idea that the socialists have (fascist and communist versions) is that capitalists are out to kill their customers, so idiotic they should be deported to Cuba.
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11-06-2009 @2:38PM cathy said... I finally got nervous enough to order a meat grinder. I grind my own chuck. It's a lttle bit of a pain but I just have it less often. http://newsy1.wordpress.com
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12-27-2009 @3:39PM jade said... go vegan !
www.meat.org
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