By the author of Be Ready for Anything and the online course Bloom Where You’re Planted
When you bite into that juicy ground beef burger, you might find a little something extra in it – like chunks of blue plastic.
Yes, it’s time to check your food again during this never-ending cycle of recalls. JBS USA has recalled 35,464 pounds of ground beef sold under numerous labels because it may contain chunks of hard plastic. This was discovered after a complaint was received from a consumer who found blue, hard plastic pieces in one of the products. The products are from March 22, so they would most likely be found in your freezer.
Brands include Kroger, All Natural Laura’s, Private Selection, and JBS. Look for the establishment number “EST. 34176” inside the USDA mark of inspection. (Note: The USDA inspected this meat and approved it.)
Here’s the complete list as per the USDA:
- 3-lb. tray packages containing “Kroger GROUND BEEF 73% LEAN – 27% FAT” with product code 95051, UPC: 011110975645, and a Sell By date of 4/9/2018.
- 1-lb. tray packages containing “Kroger GROUND BEEF 80% LEAN – 20% FAT” with product code 95052, UPC: 011110969729, and a Sell By date of 4/9/2018.
- 3-lb. tray packages containing “Kroger GROUND BEEF 80% LEAN – 20% FAT” with product code 95053, UPC of 011110969705, and a Sell By date of 4/9/2018.
- 1-lb. tray packages containing “PRIVATE SELECTION ANGUS BEEF 80% LEAN – 20% FAT GROUND CHUCK” with product code 95054, UPC: 011110971395, and a Sell By date of 4/9/2018.
- 1-lb. tray packages containing “Kroger GROUND BEEF 85% LEAN – 15% FAT” with product code 95055, UPC: 011110969682, and a Sell By date of 4/9/2018.
- 1-lb. tray packages containing “Kroger GROUND SIRLOIN 90% LEAN – 10% FAT GROUND BEEF” and product code 95056, UPC: 011110975638, and a Sell By date of 4/9/2018.
- 1-lb. tray packages containing “ALL NATURAL LAURA’S LEAN BEEF 92% LEAN 8% FAT GROUND BEEF” with product code 95057, UPC: 612669316714, and a Sell By date of 4/9/2018.
- 1-lb. tray packages containing “ALL NATURAL LAURA’S LEAN BEEF 96% LEAN 4% FAT GROUND BEEF” with product code 95058, UPC: 612669317063, and a Sell By date of 4/9/2018.
- 1-lb. tray packages containing “PRIVATE SELECTION ANGUS BEEF 90% LEAN – 10% FAT GROUND SIRLOIN” with product code 95063, UPC: 011110969637 and a Sell By date of 4/9/2018.
- 1-lb. tray packages containing “Kroger GROUND BEEF 93% LEAN – 7% FAT” with product code 95064, UPC: 01111096920, and a Sell By date of 4/9/2018.
- 15-lb. cases containing “JBS Ground Beef Angus Chuck 80% Lean 20% Fat Service Case” with Case UPC: 0040404800632 and a “Sell By: 9.APRIL.”
- 15-lb. cases containing “Ground Beef Angus Sirloin 90% Lean 10% Fat Service Case” Case UPC: 0040404800634, and a “Sell By: 9.APRIL.”
This comes shortly after more than a hundred people have been sickened by romaine lettuce tainted with e. Coli, dogs have been poisoned by pet food containing euthanasia drugs, and more than 200 million eggs were recalled for salmonella.
Growing your own and purchasing only from trusted sources is looking better and better, as it becomes ever more clear that the food industry is more concerned about speed and profits than they are about the health of their consumers. And clearly, since the meat mentioned in this article was inspected by the USDA, looking to those agencies for assurances is no guarantee of safety.
I find it hard to believe that the person who made the hamburger didn t feel or see anything when they made the hamburger(s).
I love the “USDA Inspected” which for the record is spot check and not 100% check. I know, I was a food inspector in the Army and worked with USDA individuals at off post locations. They inspector a live cow and then certain parts for disease. Again, spot check and not 100% check of the livestock. But plastic parts is something from the processing. Machine? Packaging? Sabotage? Does this mean meat prices will go up again? Who is to say it isn’t from the place cooking the meat.
Thank God for having a whole heifer in my freezer. Plus some ducks, lamb and goat. The only thing I buy meat wise is pork. However I am looking for a source to purchase . I have a reasonable small butcher shop I use for processing. I just don’t want the hassle and smell of raising pork, but I could if I had to.
FYI, if you raise hogs on pasture, and rotate the paddocks on a regular basis, there is very little smell. And the only time I smell anything off, is if I step in it.
Their rooting action is a great way to plow up a pasture and then follow after them with new seed. Let them do the work.
Granted slaughtering, gutting and butchering them can be a chore, and requires space, time, and effort.
But pasture raised pork tastes so much better!
And, you dont have to worry about funky stuff ending up in your ground meat.
Pasture…… that sounds like a place that may have that foreign green stuff called grass. I look at the creosote, mesquite, cactus and lack of water on my property and the word pasture does not relate to the range I own. However being elderly, less work is better.
Sabotage?
Disgruntled worker, someone who wants to collect insurance, artificially create shortages, etc.