U.S. Department of Agriculture announces recall of 35,000 pounds of raw beef | Risk of plastic contamination

According to foreign media reports, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently stated that if it is not enough to recall 200 million eggs and a large amount of chopped lettuce, 35,000 pounds of minced raw beef should also be recalled. It was learned that this recall was the first Contaminated by JBS USA's food plastics risk. Beef that may be contaminated with plastic is sold under a variety of different packaging, most of which are trademarks of Kroger Foods.

The recall was announced by the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The affected products were produced on March 22, 2018. The recalled product only covered raw beef, so the frozen beef that had been cooked before was safe. of.

The USDA will mark the recalled beef product as EST.34176. According to this agency, these problems have been shipped to dealers in Indiana, Virginia, which means that they have arrived on the local retail store shelves. .

The agency said that they found pollution problems after a consumer found blue hard plastic in minced beef. At present, no one has reported that it is sick or there are other problems. A major concern of FSIS is that The consumer places the beef directly in the freezer of the refrigerator and then one day drops it directly into a pot of soup or other dish without realizing that it may contain plastic.

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