The large steak E. coli recall by National Steak and Poultry is limited to beef products sold primarily to the Moe’s, Carino’s Italian Grill and KRM restaurants in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, South Dakota and Washington.
That is the distribution information released Monday by National Steak and Poultry regarding 248,000 pounds of steaks recalled December 24th for possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination.
The six states where Moe’s, Carino’s and KRM restaurants are located are the same states identified by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) as home to a steak E. coli outbreak associated with blade-tenderized, non-intact cuts of beef that were adulterated.
As of late Monday, FSIS remained silent on which restaurants received recalled steaks from National Steak and Poultry. Nor has the agency said how many people have been sickened, including those who may have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) or thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). The original FSIS press release on Christmas Eve said the recalled steaks had been distributed to restaurants “nationwide.”
The supplier of steak to Moe’s, Carino’s and KRM said the E. coli steak recall applies to four production dates: October 12, 13, 14 and 21.
NSP’s statement said: “We are in the process of reviewing our procedures and will make any necessary upgrades.”
National food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen was the first organization to publicly announce that state and federal health officials were investigating an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak related to mechanically tenderized steaks in multiple states. Such products are known hazards to eat rare or medium because the tenderizing processes can drive surface E. coli into the center of the meat where it can survive flames and heat.
If you have information to add to our investigation, or if a loved one has been sickened in this outbreak, contact an E. coli lawyer at Pritzker Olsen by calling 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or by completing the contact and information form on the side of this web page.
We will provide you with a free case consultation, just as we have already done so in the case of one potential victim of this outbreak. Our firm is one of the few in the country practicing extensively in the area of foodborne illness litigation and we are involved in practically every major outbreak of food poisoning.
