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American Foods Group, LLC has recalled 29 tons of ground beef contaminated with STEC strain O103. The affected product was produced on August 14th and distributed in Georgia, Michigan and Ohio.
The recall was initiated by the demonstration of the pathogen on routine inspection by a state public health laboratory. Examination of ground beef for O157 STEC is a routine procedure, but only specialized labs are capable of confirming that an E. coli isolate conforms to O103.
The extent of the recall was limited to production over a single day in establishment 18076. Previous outbreaks of E. coli infection traced back to a plant have on occasions resulted in extensive recall and destruction of product as plant management were unable to differentiate among batches produced. In this case, appropriate segregation of product according to day or production shift limited the extent of the recall and hence, financial loss to the plant.
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