WASHINGTON – Swedesboro, New Jersey-based Rastelli Foods Group recalled approximately 130,464 lbs. of raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically plastic, according to the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the US Dept. of Agriculture.
The problem was discovered after FSIS received consumer complaints through the USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline. The firm also notified FSIS that it received a consumer complaint.
FSIS said the raw ground beef products were produced from Oct. 3, 2019 through Oct. 15, 2019. The following products are subject to recall:
- 16-oz vacuum sealed packages containing “NATURE'S RANCHER 100% GRASS FED ORGANIC GROUND BEEF 85% LEAN, 15% FAT” with case code 9276, 9283, 9287, or 9288 and use or freeze by dates of 10/24/19, 10/31/19, 11/04/19, 11/07/19, and 11/11/19.
- 16-oz vacuum sealed packages containing “NATURE'S RANCHER 100% GRASS FED ORGANIC GROUND BEEF 93% LEAN, 7% FAT” with case code 9276, 9283, 9287, or 9288 and use or freeze by dates of 10/24/19, 10/31/19, 11/04/19, 11/07/19, and 11/11/19.
The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. 7877-A” inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to distribution centers and further sent to retail locations in Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois and Maryland.
