Richwood Meat Pure Beef Patties, 3-lb. packs

Richwood Meat Pure Beef Patties, 3-lb. packs

On April 20, 2007, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a Class I Recall of frozen ground beef produced by Richwood Meat Company of Merced, CA, after sampling found contamination by E.coli O157:H7. The ground beef was produced on April 28, 2006 and distributed to retail outlets, institutional food services, food distributors, and discount grocers in Arizona, California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

The frozen patty packages were dated either “4-28-06” or “118-6” for the 118th day of 2006. Consumers with these products are advised to immediately throw away the product or return it to the store where it was purchased for a refund.