WASHINGTON – Stillmore, Ga.-based Crider Foods is recalling approximately 525,717 lbs of canned beef with gravy products that might be contaminated with unsafe levels of lead, due to a spice mix used from an outside supplier.

According to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the problem was discovered during routine surveillance sampling by a state partner. Crider Foods conducted in-plant verification in association with FSIS, which discovered the possible unsafe levels of lead.

The products were produced between Oct. 22, 2020, and March 15, 2021. The following items are subject to recall:  

• 12-oz cans of “Hargis House ROAST BEEF AND GRAVY” with best buy dates of 10/22/2022 and 3/15/2023.
• 12-oz cans of “Clover Valley FULLY COOKED ROAST BEEF WITH GRAVY” with best buy dates of 10/22/2022 and 3/15/2023.
• 12-oz cans of “Kroger ROAST BEEF WITH GRAVY” with best buy dates of 10/22/2022 and 3/15/2023.
• 12-oz cans of “Hostess ROAST BEEF WITH GRAVY” with best buy dates of 10/22/2022 and 3/15/2023.
• 12-oz cans of “Laura Lynn roast beef WITH GRAVY” with best buy dates of 10/22/2022 and 3/15/2023.
• 12-oz cans of “ARMOUR Roast Beef WITH GRAVY” with best buy dates of 10/22/2022 and 3/15/2023.
• 12-oz cans of “HARVEST CREEK Roast Beef with Gravy” with best buy dates of 10/22/2022 and 3/15/2023.

 The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. 31812” on the can. These items were shipped to retail locations nationwide.          

The FSIS said no illnesses or adverse reactions have been reported due to consumption of these products.