Beef recall in eight states as possible contamination found
More than 5,000 pounds of ground beef were recalled after a cook complained that “a foreign object was found during food preparation.”
NewsweekChloe Mayer

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced details of the recall on Sunday, revealing that about 5,620 pounds of raw ground beef must be either returned to the place of purchase or destroyed. The meat had been shipped to eight states across the U.S.

Regarding this week's recall of ground beef, the FSIS has warned consumers not to use meat produced and packed on August 19 by a company named Skyline Provisions, Inc. The items subject to the recall are:

  • 20-lb. carton boxes containing four packages of "SKYLINE PROVISIONS, INC. GROUND BEEF 81/19" with "ITEM # 000248" printed on the label. The product bears the establishment number "EST. 19300" inside the USDA mark of inspection.
  • 20-lb. carton boxes containing four packages of "SKYLINE PROVISIONS, INC. GROUND BEEF 75/25" with "ITEM # 000293" printed on the label. The product bears the establishment number "EST. 19300" inside the USDA mark of inspection."

"[The affected Skyline Provisions ground beef cartons were shipped to 'institutions' in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin]."