WASHINGTON—Huntington Meat Packing, Inc., a Montebello, Calif., firm, is expanding its Jan. 18 recall to include approximately 4.9 million additional pounds of beef and veal products that were not produced in accordance with the company’s food-safety plan.
The recall was expanded based on evidence collected in an ongoing criminal investigation being conducted by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) with assistance from U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The products are adulterated because the company made the products under insanitary conditions failing to take the steps it had determined necessary to produce safe products.
The recall involves 10-pound boxes of "IMPERIAL MEAT CO. GROUND BEEF PATTY"; 10-pound boxes of "El Rancho MEAT & PROVISION ALL BEEF PATTIES"; 20-pound boxes of "IMPERIAL MEAT CO. GROUND BEEF PATTY"; 50-pound boxes of "HUNTINGTON MEATS GROUND BEEF"; 50-pound boxes of " HUNTINGTON MEAT PKG. INC. BEEF GROUND FOR FURTHER PROCESSING"; 50-pound boxes of "BEEF BURRITO FILLING MIX"; 50-pound boxes of "HUNTINGTON MEAT PKG. INC. DICED BEEF"; 50-pound boxes of "HUNTINGTON MEAT PKG. INC. SLICED BEEF"; 10-pound boxes of "Huntington Meat VEAL PATTY"; 10-pound boxes of "Imperial Meat VEAL PATTY"; 10-pound boxes of "El Rancho VEAL PATTY"; 20-pound boxes of "Huntington Meat VEAL PATTY"; 20-pound boxes of "Imperial Meat VEAL PATTY"; and 20-pound boxes of "El Rancho VEAL PATTY."
Each box bears the establishment number "EST. 17967" inside the USDA mark of inspection on a label. The products were produced between Jan. 22, 2009, and Jan. 4, 2010, and shipped to distribution centers, restaurants and hotels in California.
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