Recalled Frozen Hamburgers Found For Sale in New Jersey

NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram is advising state Attorneys General throughout the country to increase inspections of retail stores for recalled frozen hamburgers because Division of Consumer Affairs and Department of Health and Senior Services investigators continue to find these products for sale in New Jersey.

Division of Consumer Affairs investigators, working in conjunction with state, county and municipal health inspectors, have found that Topps Meat Company frozen hamburgers recalled for potential E.coli contamination were on sale in 12 retailers in northern and southern New Jersey.

The investigators have found that the retailers purchased the products from Greater New York Frozen Food Distribution Company Inc., of Queens, N.Y., Associated Group Grocers of Jamaica, N.Y., Burris Foods Inc. of Milford, Delaware, or Jetro Cash and Carry of Jersey City, N.J.

“What began with the discovery of recalled hamburgers being for sale at a single store has escalated into a statewide public health issue, and potentially, a national issue as well,” Attorney General Milgram said. “It is unacceptable that consumers can walk into a store and find these recalled contaminated products on the shelf, readily available for purchase and consumption, more than one month after the voluntary recall was announced.”

Read the full notice here.