Manning recalls beef over E.coli fears

US-based Manning Beef is voluntarily recalling 80,000lb of beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

The products subject to the recall include Combo bins of BroPack beef manufacturing trimmings, Combo bins of Paso prime beef manufacturing trimmings, and 30lb and 60lb boxes of primal cuts, sub-primal cuts and boxed beef.

The beef was processed on 23 September 2011 and shipped to retail establishments and food service centres in Arizona and California, and to a federally regulated facility in Nebraska.

The company initiated the recall after tests on manufacturing trimmings revealed a high number of confirmed positive E. coli O157:H7 results.

The E. coli strain is a bacterium that can cause bloody diarrhoea, dehydration and, in the most severe cases, kidney failure.