On 10/5/2014 12:03 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 10/4/2014 10:22 PM, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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."
>>
(snip)
>>
>> 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."
>>

I'd say calling it a remote probability of adverse health consequences
is pure misdirection. Chomping down on a piece metal, or perhaps
swallowing a piece of it, is hardly something to be called
inconsquential. There could very well be smaller pieces of metal in
there so thanks for the recall even though it doesn't affect me.

>> 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.
>
Sheldon will come along and tell you even store ground beef is "mystery
meat", even though you select the cuts yourself and they grind it to
order while you're standing there.

Jill