On 10/4/2014 10:22 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
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> By Ralph Ellis, CNN
>
> updated 9:01 PM EDT, Sat October 4, 2014
>
> (CNN) -- Sam Kane Beef Processors of Corpus Christi, Texas, has
> recalled 90,987 pounds of ground beef products after consumers
> complained about finding pieces of metal inside the meat, the U.S.
> Department of Agriculture said Saturday.
>
> The USDA said four consumers complained, with one person reporting a
> chipped tooth. The pieces of metal were reported to be about 3mm, a
> USDA press release said.
>
> Alfred Bausch, general manager for the company, said all the products
> were shipped to Texas retail outlets.
>
> "It was not a food safety issue," he said. "It was a foreign object
> and the foreign object was very small."
>
> The press release said these products are subject to recall:
>
> --3-pound packages of "HEB Ground Chuck," bearing the establishment
> number "337," a production date of "09/12/14" and a use by date of
> "10/02/14."
>
> --5-pound packages of "HEB Ground Beef," "73% LEAN 27% FAT," bearing
> the establishment number "337," a production date of "09/15/14" and a
> use by date of "10/05/14."
>
> --10-pound packages of "HEB Ground Beef," "73% LEAN 27% FAT," bearing
> the establishment number "337," a production date of "09/18/14" and a
> use by date of "10/08/14."
>
> --10-pound clear film packages of formed patties made from Sam Kane
> Beef Processors "Ground Chuck," bearing the establishment number
> "337," a production date of "9/09/14" and a use by date of "9/29/14."
>
> The USDA said the products bear the establishment number "337" inside
> the USDA mark of inspection.
>
> The press release said this is a Class II recall, meaning "there is a
> remote probability of adverse health consequences from the use of the
> product."
>
> The company website says Sam Kane Beef was founded in 1949. A group of
> Texas ranchers and cattlemen purchased the company in 2013, the
> website said.
>

I never buy pre-packaged ground beef. Either I grind my own, or I get
the store-ground.

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From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas