Castleberry's Calls Back Even More Product

WASHINGTON — Castleberry's Food Company is voluntarily expanding its July 19 recall of canned meat products that may contain Clostridium botulinum, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Saturday.

Castleberry's, based in Augusta, Ga., has agreed to recall a larger list of products that may still be in commerce, regardless of the "best buy" date stamped on the bottom of the can, the agency reported.

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The recall is being expanded after information gathered by the Food and Drug Administration and FSIS indicated that processing malfunctions at the establishment have existed longer than initially estimated.

This is the second expansion of the recall. More than 350 tons of chili and canned meat products were originally called back after four people in Indiana and Texas were hospitalized.

About two months ago, cans were coming out of a heating and sterilizing process too hot before going into a cooling canal, Dr. Ezra Barzilay, an epidemiologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told The Associated Press. Castleberry’s officials stopped production because they wanted to make sure cans had not expanded and possibly allowed contamination, he said.