JBS Tolleson product recalled over Salmonella risk

Recall date

October 4, 2018

Source

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA FSIS)

Official notice title

JBS Tolleson, Inc. Recalls Raw Beef Products Due to Possible Salmonella Newport Contamination

Recall number

085-2018

FDA classification

Class I

Brand / firm

JBS Tolleson Inc.

Why it was recalled

Product Contamination

Class I is the FDA’s most serious recall level: there is a reasonable probability that using this product will cause serious harm or death.

What was recalled

EDITORS NOTE: -Details of this recall were updated Oct. 5, 2018 to reflect additional product codes and increases in the poundage of products being recalled; -Details of this recall were updated Oct. 4, 2018 to reflect increases in the poundage of products being recalled. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2018 JBS Tolleson, Inc., a Tolleson, Ariz. establishment, is recalling approximately 6,937,195 pounds of various raw, non-intact beef products that may be contaminated with Salmonella Newport, the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The raw, non-intact beef items, including ground beef, were packaged on various dates from July 26, 2018 to Sept. 7, 2018. The following products are subject to recall: [ Products List (PDF) Product Labels (PDF only) | Distribution List (PDF)] The products subject to recall bear establishment number EST. 267 inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to retail locations and institutions nationwide. On September 5, 2018, FSIS was notified of an investigation of Salmonella Newport illnesses with reported consumption of several different FSIS-regulated products by case-patients. The first store receipt potentially linking the purchase of FSIS-regulated product to a case-patient was received on September 19, 2018; FSIS was then able to begin traceback of ground beef products. To date, eight case-patients have provided receipts or shopper card numbers, which have enabled product traceback investigations. FSIS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state public health and agriculture partners have now determined that raw ground beef was the probable source of the reported illnesses. Traceback has identified JBS as the common supplier of the ground beef products. The epidemiological investigation has identified 57 case-patients from 16 states with illness onset dates ranging from August 5 to September 6, 2018. FSIS will continue to work with public health partners…