Bulk Beef Recall!!!

[Quasmo]

http://consumerist.com/2010/01/e-coli-recall-864000-pounds-of-beef.html

Huntington Meat Packing Inc. is recalling 864,000 pounds of beef due to potential E. coli contamination. Inside, the six different Huntington products subject to the recall.

* 40 lb. boxes of "Huntington Meats Ground Beef"
* 40 lb. boxes of "HUNTINGTON MEAT PKG. INC. BEEF GROUND FOR FURTHER PROCESSING"
* 40 lb. boxes of "BEEF BURRITO FILLING MIX"
* 10 lb. boxes of "IMPERIAL MEAT CO. GROUND BEEF PATTY"
* 20 lb. boxes of "IMPERIAL MEAT CO. GROUND BEEF PATTY"
* 10 lb. boxes of "El Rancho MEAT & PROVISION ALL BEEF PATTIES"

No illnesses have been reported.

Most of the beef was produced between Jan 5 and Jan 12 of this year.

The beef was shipped to distribution centers, restaurants and hotels in California, so if you don't buy your beef buy the pallet-load and you don't live in CA, you're probably okay. However, due to the limited information available, it's unclear whether any of the patties made it into any customers' gullets.

 

[rudder]

Was this beef available for purchase online?

 

[Fizzorin]

10# of beef is roughly the size of an alternator, hardly qualifies as bulk.
40# on the other hand, that could work.

 

[Lamont Burns]

864k is bulk

 

[syrillus]

864,000 pounds of beef

How many alternator-sized chunks is that?

 

[tranceport]

How many alternator-sized chunks is that?

Over 86,000.

 

[Daishiki]

864k is bulk

I will have to agree. That's a lot of beef.

 

[shortylickens]

Gentleman, we are truly living in a golden age of beef.

All hail the might bovine!

 

[Miramonti]

Gentleman, we are truly living in a golden age of beef.

All hail the might bovine!

The pens and slated floors are missing.

 

[SunnyD]

I find it funny that most recalls involve pre-made ground patties and otherwise generally "frozen" ground rather than generic cuts. You'd think someone would connect the dots.

 

[Rubycon]

Think of all those wasted amperes!

 

[Newbian]

Bulk beef is bulky...

 

[Bulk Beef]

indeed