116 Stores Involved in Safeway Ground Beef Salmonella Recall in Arizona
There are 116 Safeway food stores in Arizona and one additional Safeway in Gallup, New Mexico, involved in the recall of more than 22,000 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with Salmonella.
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service disclosed the retail list on Monday, reminding consumers again not to eat ground beef produced September 23 by the Fresno, California, plant of Beef Packers Inc., a subsidiary of Cargill. It is the second Beef Packers ground beef recall of 2009 that has been associated with an outbreak of Samonellosis..jpg)
The first Beef Packers recall and outbreak, announced in early August, sickened 39 people in 11 states and led to the recall of 825,769 pounds of tainted ground beef.
The meat in the latest recall was to be used or frozen by 10/11/09, so authorities believe the danger lies with ground beef that is now in the refrigerators and freezers of Arizona Safeway shoppers. Many of the packages were wrapped on black foam trays and they all are stamped with USDA establishment number 31913 inside the USDA mark of inspection.
The recall includes safeway stores in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Sun City, Sedona, Tucson, Chandler, Glendale and Flagstaff. Click here to see the list in its entirety (scroll down once you see the title page).
State and federal health officials have associated the latest recall with a Salmonella outbreak that has so far infected two people. If you or a loved one has been sickened by ground beef purchased at Safeway in Arizona or Gallup, New Mexico, call a Salmonella lawyer at Pritzker Olsen Attorneys at 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or complete a contact and information form on the side of this web page.
We are a national food safety law firm heavily involved in efforts to prevent foodborne illness. We represent Salmonella and E. coli victims nationwide, including an Arizona victim of the previous Beef Packers Salmonella outbreak.
Salmonella infection is not to be taken lightly. It can be deadly, especially if contracted by a young child or an elderly person. And there are long-term health consequences that many people don't realize until a family member is victimized.
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Safeway is recalling ground beef packages from its Arizona stores with sell-by dates of September 28-October 11. Even though all the beef is believed to have been sold by now, the company is urging consumers to check their refrigerators and freezers for the product.
