Local meat packer (Fort Worth) recalls more than 15,000 pounds due to possible E. coli contamination

Source: Dallas Morning News

If you’re sitting on some boxes of Patterson Food Processors Beef Skirt Seasoned or Studio Movie Grill Beef Tenderloin Sliced or other meat products distributed by Fort Worth’s PFP Enterprises, be aware: Some of them are being recalled due to possible E. coli contamination.

That’s according to a bulletin issued this morning by the United States Department of Agriculture, which says the company is recalling a laundry list of recently packed product whose “beef trim tested presumptive positive for multiple non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) strains through the company’s testing program,” which sounds as terrible as it probably feels. The feds say the Fort Worth meat-packer, which distributes for various local companies, “inadvertently did not carry the test out to confirmation, and not all affected product was held.”

And now it’s in Texas, Arizona, Oklahoma and Puerto Rico.

The complete list of at-risk product is here and below, and dates from December 13 through January 11. And so far, so good: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and the company have received “no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of these products,” says the USDA.

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