California Releases List of Business Selling Recalled Halamark Beef
The 143 million pounds of ground beef recalled by Hallmark/Westland was produced over the past two years and could have ended up in a variety of different places, including the School Lunch Program. According to Meatingplace.com, the California Department of Public Health listed around 3,000 restaurants and business that may have received the recalled beef in a 120 page report.
Food distributors gave officials entire lists of customers and the report also named specific products that may have been contaminated and have been recalled by companies such as ConAgra Foods, Kirkland, General Mills, Nestle, and Richwood Meat. Federal rules do not allow the listing of specific business that sell recalled products, but the State of California does. Consumers and legislators have been working to release a list like that in California to a nationwide audience. No illnesses have been reported due to the recall.
The list released by the California Department of Public Health can be found at www.cdph.ca.gov.