WASHINGTON — Impero Foods & Meats, Baltimore, is voluntarily recalling approximately 65 pounds of ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.
The products subject to recall include:
- 10- and 15-pound shrink-wrapped bags of “IMPERO FOODS & MEAT INC. GROUND BEEF.” Each label bears the establishment number “Est. 10857” inside the USDA mark of inspection.
The ground beef products were produced on Sept. 25, and were distributed to restaurants in Maryland.
The problem was discovered through routine FSIS microbiological sampling. FSIS has not received any reports of illness.
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