US-based beef processor Nebraska Beef has been linked to a second outbreak of salmonella in just over a month.
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The company, which was forced to issue a recall on 30 June after ground beef from its plant in Omaha was linked to almost 50 illnesses, announced the recall of 1.2m pounds of tainted primal cuts, subprimal cuts and boxed beef. The contaminated products have already sickened 30 people.
The products have been linked to illnesses in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
The Department of Agriculture, the body responsible for overseeing food safety at Nebraska Beef, had been observing safety procedures at the plant after the first salmonella outbreak. The agency had called for a number of changes to be made at the facility, and stated that it was placing the company under increased scrutiny in the coming months.
However, its investigation focused on the existing contamination of ground meat, a spokesperson for the Department told just-food today (11 August). This second seperate outbreak was thus able to “slip through the net”.
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By GlobalDataWhole Foods Market had distributed some of the Nebraska Beef products. On Friday the company recalled fresh ground beef sold between 2 June and 6 August.
The retailer said that it had received reports that seven Whole Foods shoppers in Massachusetts and two consumers in Pennsylvania had fallen sick.
