There is another outbreak of salmonellosis in the USA - tons of beef are being recalled

Now you should really check your freezer for any ground beef that you may have frozen for later. The nation's largest beef producer, JBS USA, is again recalling large quantities of meat and meat products.

The USDA says an additional 5,1 million pounds of beef have been recalled this month - a reminder that two months ago the same producer recalled 6,9 million pounds of meat due to contamination concerns. salmonellosis of the species Newport. It is a strain of bacteria that causes food poisoning, resembles USA Today.

12,1 million pounds of raw beef, including ground beef, were produced from July 26 to September 7 JBS USA at JBS Tolleson, Inc., in Tolleson, Arizona.

“USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is concerned that some foods may remain frozen in consumers' freezers,” the agency said in a statement. “These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.”

Among the hundreds of products on the list is beef sold at Sam's Club stores in more than two dozen states and Walmart stores in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada and Texas. Some of the products were packaged and sold under the Kroger, Cedar River Farms Natural Beef and Gourmet Burger brands.

The USDA said the meat was sold in stores across the country. The packages are marked “EST. 267". According to the department, 26 people fell ill in 246 states.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, most people infected with salmonella show symptoms such as diarrhea, fever and cramps in the stomach during 12-72 hours after being infected with bacteria.

Most recover safely after 4-7 days without treatment, but some may require hospitalization. According to the CDC, the infection can spread from the intestines to other organs. Severe forms of the disease usually develop in children under the age of 5 years, in adults older than 65 years, as well as in those whose immune system is weakened.

According to CDC estimates, salmonella causes about 1,2 a million diseases, 23 000 hospitalizations and 450 deaths annually in the United States.

Despite the fact that a large batch of products is being recalled, this is not the largest action. The largest nationwide meat recall was 143 million pounds when Westland/Hallmark Meat recalled products potentially contaminated with mad cow disease in 2008.

Prior to this, the largest recall of minced meat was conducted in 1997, when Hudson Foods recalled 25 million pounds of beef with staphylococcus bacteria. This meat has already been sold at Burger King.

In 2002, ConAgra was withdrawn by 19 of millions of pounds of beef, potentially infected with E. coli (E. coli). And in 2007, a review of more than 21,7 million pounds of beef with the same type of bacteria led Topps Meat Co. from Elizabeth, NJ, to withdraw from the market.

“This is the largest recall I can remember in several years,” said Bill Marler, a food safety attorney in Seattle. But overall, “reviews have dropped significantly over the last few years,” he added.

However, there is a need for legislation that would oblige meat producers to refrain from selling products contaminated with salmonella, as required by the rules for other types of dangerous bacteria, including some strains of E. coli, according to Vivet Kartikeyan from the US public interest research group.

Consumers should take this situation seriously and carefully consider labels withdrawn products, experts say. Here You can see where the products were sold.

“A lot of people put a hamburger in the freezer and then get sick after a while—they just take it out and cook the contaminated meat later,” Bill Marler said.

To safely process ground beef, it is not enough just to cook it at 165 degrees Fahrenheit. You need to wash your hands, cutting boards, do everything that many people know about, but almost nobody does, the expert is sure.

Last month, the JBS Meat Processing Plant recalled almost 100 000 pounds of beef due to possible contamination with E. coli. Beef produced by October 24 in JBS, owned by the US Swift Beef Co. in Hyrum, Utah, may have been infected with E. coli O157: H7, says the USDA.

In May, JBS USA recalled 35 464 pounds of raw beef processed in Lenoir, North Carolina, due to possible contamination with solid plastic elements. According to the agency, as a result of these reviews, not a single case of illness or other harm to human health was confirmed.

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