JBS Swift Beef Co. Expands Beef Recall

JBS Swift Beef Co. expanded their recall to include 380,000 pounds of products because of a possible E. coli contamination,

By: Associated Press | TriCities.com
Published: June 29, 2009

JBS Swift Beef Co. of Greeley, Colo., is voluntarily expanding its beef recall to include about 380,000 pounds of products because of possible E. coli contamination, and this recall does affect Tennessee.

A recall last week involved about 41,000 pounds of products.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Sunday that all of the beef products were produced April 21 and are in boxes bearing "EST.
969," a package date of "042109" and a time stamp ranging from "0618" to "1130." JBS Swift Beef Co. listed Tennessee as one of the states where they distrubted the recalled beef.

The USDA says an investigation by its Food Safety and Inspection Service of 24 illnesses in multiple states prompted the company to
re-examine its food safety system. The department says 18 of the illnesses appear to have the same cause, and the company is
conducting the recall "out of an abundance of caution."

Neither the USDA or the JBS Swift Beef Co. have provided a list of stores currently selling these products.