56 tons of restaurant-bound ground beef recalled on possible link to E. coli outbreak

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12 million pounds of beef recalled in U.S. since October, some in San Diego
By Abby Hamblin
Dec. 4, 2018
1:45 PM

Where’s the beef? You’ll really want to know this time.

Tuesday, the U. S. Department of Agriculture announced that more than 5 million pounds of raw beef products are being recalled by a company called JBS Tolleson, Inc., bringing the total amount of recalled beef since October to 12 million pounds.

That’s a lot of beef.

What’s a beef lover to do? What’s safe to eat?

Here’s what you need to know.
What has been recalled?

Raw beef products from one specific company are under investigation and recall for possible Salmonella contamination.

The USDA announced on Tuesday that Arizona-based JBS Tolleson, Inc. recalled an additional 5,156,076 pounds of raw beef products packaged from July 26 to Sept. 7. A first recall in October asked for the throwing out or returning of 6,937,195 pounds of raw ground beef.

The products subject to recall have the number “EST. 267” inside the USDA mark of inspection. The big concern is that people may have frozen the beef and are keeping it in their freezers for later use.

The specific product list can be found here.

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