King Meat Services Inc. of Vernon, CA, is recalling more than 25 tons of beef after federal inspectors discovered its employees were removing inspection marks of original beef suppliers and replacing them with King Meat inspection marks.
A notice, posted Monday evening by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, is a Class III recall, meaning it “is a situation where the use of the product will not cause adverse health consequences.”
King Meat Services packed the recalled beef from Nov. 1 through Dec. 5 and shipped it to distributors, foodservice operators and retailers in California, according to the recall notice. Names of retailers and foodservice operations that received the beef were not provided in the notice.
“The products subject to recall bear establishment number ‘Est. 426’ inside the USDA mark of inspection,” according to the recall notice.
“The problem was discovered on Dec. 5, 2016, when FSIS inspection personnel observed establishment employees removing the marks of inspection of the original beef suppliers and replacing them with the King Meat Services Inc. mark of inspection.”
The following products are subject to recall:
- Boxes of vacuum-packed packages containing “BEEF BONE – IN SHORT RIB CHOICE OR HIGHER,” with product code 991012.
- Boxes of vacuum-packed packages containing “BEEF BONELESS RIBEYE LIP – ON 13 LBS DOWN,” with product code 991027.
- Boxes of vacuum-packed packages containing “BEEF BONELESS RIBEYE LIP – ON 13 LBS UP,” with product code 991028.
- Boxes of vacuum-packed packages containing “BEEF BONELESS RIBEYE LIP – ON 16 LBS UP,” with product code 991031.
- Boxes of vacuum-packed packages containing “BEEF BONELESS CHUCK SHORT RIB CHOICE OR HIGHER,” with product code 991164.
- Boxes of vacuum-packed packages containing “BEEF BONELESS PASTRAMI PLATE,” with product code 991166.
- Boxes of vacuum-packed packages containing “BEEF BONELESS CHUCK SHORT RIB SELECT OR HIGHER,” with product code 991170.
- Boxes of vacuum-packed packages containing “BEEF BONELESS CHUCK SHORT RIB,” with product code 991171.
- Boxes of vacuum-packed packages containing “BEEF BONE – IN SHORT RIB SELECT OR HIGHER,” with product code 991176.
- Boxes of vacuum-packed packages containing “BEEF ANGUS BONELESS BRISKET,” with product code 991181.
- Boxes of vacuum-packed packages containing “BEEF BONE – IN SHORT RIB NO ROLL,” with product code 991182.
- Boxes of vacuum-packed packages containing “BEEF BONELESS SHORT RIB NO ROLL,” with product code 991183.
- Boxes of vacuum-packed packages containing “BEEF BONELESS CHUCK SHORT RIB NO ROLL,” with product code 991184.
- Boxes of vacuum-packed packages containing “BEEF BONELESS LIP – ON RIBEYE HEAVY,” with product code 991187.
Consumers with questions about the recall can contact Yu Sun, general manager of King Meat Services Inc., at 323-835-8989.
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