November 4, 2009
Food Lion, LLC was notified by Fairbank Farms that they received a portion of the ground beef products that was part of their national recall. Food Lion, LLC further processed the ground beef for retail sale.
The recall is isolated to 93/7 ground beef purchased at Food Lion, Bloom or Bottom Dollar Food in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. Since the sell-by dates were almost one month ago, the products should not be in the stores. However, Food Lion immediately instructed its stores to remove any product that may still be available.
As you perform inspections in food service establishments, child care centers, residential cares, and other DEH establishments, please check the origin and sell-by dates of frozen ground beef. If found to be within this recall, the products should be destroyed. Please contact me if an establishment would like to return products to the store for a refund.
November 3, 2009
The products were distributed to BJ Wholesale Clubs and Trader Joe locations within NC. Dr. Harry Wilson of NCDA & CS-Meat & Poultry contacted these locations over the weekend and found that they do not have product on hand now associated with this recall. They both sell only fresh product and destroy product after the sell by date. The sell by dates on this recall product were late September and early October. Trader Joe’s has posted a list of affected lots on their web page (http://www.traderjoes.com/static/action_issues.asp#GroundBeef ) to alert consumers that may have frozen product at home. Hopefully BJ’s will do the same.
If you find frozen ground beef during your inspections, please check for sale-by dates between September 19 through 28, 2009. If found, please ask if these products were bought at either of the locations associated with the distribution of the recalled products. If so, these products should be destroyed.
Thanks,
Cris Harrelson, R.S., M.P.A.
Food Defense Coordinator
Food Protection Branch
EHSS/DEH/NC DENR
PO Box 597
Bladenboro, NC 28320
(910) 863-4930
cris.harrelson@ncdenr.gov |
