Super A Foods Inc. Retailer of Recalled Beef
Super A Foods, Inc. is included on the list of retailers that may have sold beef products recalled by Valley Meat Company, a Modesto CA firm prior to the recall being issued on August 5. Super A. Foods, Inc. is one of many retailers involved in this recall. See the full FSIS list of retailers.
Super A Foods is a California-based, family owned and operated, full service grocery store. Their home office is in Commerce, CA. They have 13 stores in Southern California.
The Valley Meat Company beef recall involved one million pounds of ground beef products, including frozen beef patties and bulk ground beef, that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. This recall was prompted by an outbreak of illnesses in California that the California Department of Public Health associated with consumption of Valley Meat Company products. Because much of the recalled beef is frozen, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is concerned that customers may still have the tainted beef in freezers.
About E coli Contamination
Because beef trimmings (fat and gristle trimmed from choice cuts) may be purchased from various slaughterhouses and then ground with better in-house cuts to produce the various ground beef options (85% lean, 93% lean, etc.), traceback in an E. coli outbreak associated with ground beef can be difficult. We advocate for pre-grinding testing of beef trim. Without this, an important step in E. coli O157 prevention is missing.
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Valley Meat Co. E coli O157:H7 Outbreak in California: Where’s the Retail List?
On August 5, Valley Meat Company of Modesto, California recalled one million pounds of frozen beef patties and bulk ground beef. The Valley Meat Company beef recall was prompted by an E coli O157:H7 outbreak in California associated with consumption of Valley Meat Company beef products.
On August 6, the USDA-FSIS announced the recall. We are still waiting for a list of retailers (grocery stores and other businesses) that sold the recalled Valley Meat Co. products.
FSIS recently began posting retail lists for meat recalls after food safety advocates, including this law firm, pushed for it. Consumers need to know where recalled food was sold to protect themselves from foodborne illness.
In cases where there is an outbreak associated with the recall, we have noticed that FSIS is slow to publish the retail list. The last reported illness in the Valley Meat Co. E coli O157:H7 outbreak in California was in June. The FSIS was notified of the outbreak on July 15. At this point, health officials know where the recalled meat was sold. So where is the retail list? We hope it is up by the end of today, but it should have been published days ago.
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Valley Meat E coli
Pritzker Olsen, P.A. is a national law firm with years of experience with E coli cases. If you have been sickened in the Valley Meat E coli outbreak, you deserve compensation for your medical expenses and other damages. We have the resources to conduct our own investigation into the outbreak, with no up-front cost to you. Call one of our E coli lawyers today at 612-338-2020 or 1-888-377-8900 (toll-free) or you may submit our free case review form.
The California Department of Public Health has confirmed 7 cases of a rare strain of E coli O157:H7 associated with the consumption of Valley Meat Company beef. After notification of this outbreak, Valley Meat recalled one million pounds of ground beef products due to possible contamination with E coli O157:H7.
In a statement Friday morning, a spokesman for Valley Meat said they are working with retailers to get the products off the shelves. The company is also requesting consumers to dispose of the products or return for a refund.
When asked about this Valley Meat E coli outbreak, E coli Lawyer Fred Pritzker said,
“This recall highlights the danger of E. coli O157:H7 in frozen meat. Product produced almost a year ago is still causing illness. Freezing doesn’t kill E. coli O157:H7. People still have this hamburger in their freezers; it’s like a ticking time bomb. It’s especially dangerous if the product was taken out of its original package before it was frozen – it would be harder to identify. Also, because the hamburger is frozen, it’s harder to thaw and therefore the core of the meat might not reach 160 degrees when cooked.”
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