RECALL: Food safety officials say Texas meat packing plant operated without inspection

The USDA is recalling more than 7,000 pounds of raw beef products out of a Fort Worth, Texas, meat packing business.
Officials said the business shipped out the meat without federal inspection.
They said people should not eat the meat.

FORT WORTH - Federal officials are recalling more than 7,000 pounds of raw beef products that were shipped out of a Texas meat packing plant without passing federal inspection, according to the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Services.

The Class I recall reportedly poses a high health risk and includes frozen and fresh beef items produced on March 23 and 24 by PFP Enterprises, LLC, which also does business as Texas Meat Packers in Fort Worth, Texas.

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It includes the following products:

5-lb. vacuum-packed frozen packages of “BEEF SKIRT DICED FOR TACOS,” with a case code of 1470 in the upper left-hand corner of the label and a packaging date of 03/24/18.
5-lb. vacuum-packed frozen packages of “PRESEASONED BEEF FOR FAJITAS,” with a case code of 36989 in the upper left-hand corner of the label and a packaging date of 03/24/18 and a use-by date of 03/23/19.
Varying weights of vacuum-packed packages of fresh “USDA CHOICE ANGUS BEEF, FAJITA SEASONED STEAK, BEEF FLANK STEAK FOR FAJITAS,” a packaging date of 03/23/18 and 03/24/18, a use or freeze-by date of 04/18/18, and an item code of 567248261 in the upper left-hand corner of the case label.
Varying weights of vacuum-packed packages of fresh “USDA CHOICE ANGUS, FAJITA SEASONED STRIPS, BEEF FLANK STRIPS FOR FAJITAS,” a packaging date of 03/24/18, and a use or freeze-by date of 04/18/18, and an item code of 567248253 in the upper left-hand corner of the case label.

Officials said the products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. 34715” inside the USDA mark of inspection.

They reportedly discovered the problem on March 30, when inspection personnel found that the meat packing company operated on March 24 without inspection.

Health officials urge those who may have purchased the items to avoid consuming them, but they said no one has yet reported any adverse reactions to eating the products, which were shipped to institutional and retail locations in Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Wisconsin.

A Class I health hazard situation indicates that officials believe there is "a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death."

Anyone with questions about the recall can contact Shane Fresh, vice president of quality assurance for Patterson Foods, at (817) 546-3561.

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