Where's the Recalled Rochester Meat Company Beef?
Rochester Meat Company, a Rochester, Minn., firm recalled about 188,000 pounds of ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The recall was prompted by 6 cases of E. coli O157:H7, five in Wisconsin and one in California.
According to the USDA-FSIS announcement regarding the recall, the meat was sold in bulk to restaurants and food service institutions, but the announcement did not name any of the restaurants or food service institutions where the recalled meat may have been served. (Read more about the Rochester Meat Company recall.)
We have been contacted many times regarding the USDA’s policy to not provide a list of restaurants, food service institutions, grocery stores, or other places where consumers may have been exposed to contaminated food. A consumer alert regarding a food product that poses a high risk of serious illness is meaningless unless consumers are given enough information to determine whether they are at risk.
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