The U.S. Department of Agriculture has finally identified some of the retailers who sold some of the 9 million pounds of beef recalled in California by Rancho Feeding Corporation late last week. Missing from the list are any retailers in Florida, Illinois and Texas who might have sold the meat, according to the initial recall notice. A spokesperson for USDA’s Food Safety and Inspections Service has told Food Safety News that the list is partial and the agency is still working to identify the remaining retailers. The list consists of several neighborhood grocery markets in California:
- Brown’s Valley Market, 3263 Browns Valley Rd., Napa
- La Morenita, 2436 Jefferson, Napa
- Vallergas Market, 2139 1st St., Napa
- Apple Market, 155 San Marin Dr., Novato
- Bud’s Meats, 7750 Petaluma Hill Rd., Penngrove
- G & G, 701 Sonoma Mtn. Pkwy., Petaluma
- Petaluma Mkt., 210 Western Ave., Petaluma
- Azteca Market, 802 4th St., San Rafael
- Carniceria Coalcoman, 1415 Maple Ave., Santa Rosa
- Carniceria Contreras, 1401 Todd Rd., Santa Rosa
- Carolina Wild, 5380 Aero Dr., Santa Rosa
- G & G, 1211 W. College Ave., Santa Rosa
- Willowside Meats, 3421 Guernville Rd., Santa Rosa
- Sonoma Market, 500 W. Napa, Sonoma
The company issued the recall after they were found to have processed “diseased and unsound animals” and carried out the processing without the benefit of a full USDA inspection. The following Rancho Feeding Corporation products are subject to recall:
- “Beef Carcasses” (wholesale and custom sales only)
- 2 per box “Beef (Market) Heads” (retail only)
- 4-gallons per box “Beef Blood” (wholesale only)
- 20-lb. boxes of “Beef Oxtail”
- 30-lb. boxes of “Beef Cheeks”
- 30-lb. boxes of ” Beef Lips”
- 30-lb. boxes of “Beef Omasum”
- 30-lb. boxes of “Beef Tripas”
- 30-lb. boxes of “Mountain Oysters”
- 30-lb. boxes of “Sweet Breads”
- 30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Beef Liver”
- 30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Beef Tripe”
- 30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Beef Tongue”
- 30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Veal Cuts”
- 40-lb. boxes of “Veal Bones”
- 50-lb. boxes of “Beef Feet”
- 50-lb. boxes of “Beef Hearts”
- 60-lb. boxes of “Veal Trim”
Beef carcasses and boxes bear the establishment number “EST. 527″ inside the USDA mark of inspection. Each box bears the case code number ending in “3” or “4.” The products were produced Jan. 1, 2013, through Jan. 7, 2014, and shipped to distribution centers and retail establishments in California, Florida, Illinois and Texas. On Jan. 13, 2014, Rancho Feeding Corporation recalled 41,683 pounds of meat products. On Jan. 16, that recall was expanded to include an additional 420 pounds of product that was produced without the benefit of full federal inspection, making it unfit for human food. The following Rancho Feeding Corporation products were subject to the recalls:
- 30-lb. boxes of “Book Tripe”
- 50-lb. boxes of “Beef Feet”
- 20-lb. boxes of “Beef Oxtail”
- 50-lb. boxes of “Beef Hearts”
- 60 and 30-lb. boxes of “Beef Liver”
- 30-lb. boxes of “Beef Cheeks”
- 60-lb. boxes of “Beef Tripe”
- 30-lb. boxes of “Beef Tongue”
All products bear the establishment number “EST. 527” inside the USDA mark of inspection. Each box bears the case code number “ON9O4.” The products were produced Jan. 8, 2014, and shipped to distribution centers and retail establishments in California.
