Vons Among Retailers Named in Valley Meat Co. Beef E.coli Recall
Vons grocery stores are among the supermarkets affected by an August 6 Valley Meat Company recall of beef products that could be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 bacteria, according to the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service’s (FSIS) retail distribution list.
Vons grocery stores and other retailers in Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii have been notified to remove any potentially contaminated product from store shelves. According to the FSIS:
“The products subject to recall bear the establishment number “EST. 8268″ inside the USDA mark of inspection as well as a production code of 27509 through 01210. These products were produced between the dates of Oct. 2, 2009 through Jan. 12.”
Vons and other retailers were notified of the recall after the California Department of Public Health began investigating a cluster of seven cases of E. coli O157:H7 and notified federal health officials at the FSIS.
