On Tuesday the Topps Meat Company, based here, recalled 331,582 pounds of frozen beef patties as well as 21 other products distributed nationwide.Illnesses were reported in Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the symptoms of E. coli
O157:H7 - the worst strain - are diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea and malaise (in other words, you feel sluggish and tired). Symptoms can begin two to five days after food is eaten and can last about eight days. Some, especially the very young, have developed Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) that causes acute kidney failure. A similar illness, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP), may occur in adults.
If you have any or all of the above-noted symptoms, see your doctor immediately.
Recalled Topps Beef:
Retail Products:
2-pound boxes of "Topps 100% Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers, 8 Quarter
Pounders." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUL 12 08." UPC #74701-00065
2-pound boxes of "Topps 100% Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers, 3 OZ., 10
COUNT." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUL 12 08." UPC #74701-00125
3-pound boxes of "Topps 100% Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers, 6 OZ. PUB
Burgers." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUN 22 08." UPC #74701-00045
3-pound boxes of "Topps 100% Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers, 16
Hamburgers." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUL 23 08." UPC #74701-
00005.
5-pound boxes of "Topps 100% Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers, 20 Quarter
Pounders." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUN 22 08," "JUL 12 08" or "JUL
23 08." UPC #74701-00055.
8-pound boxes of "Topps 100% Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers, 32 Quarter
Pounders." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUN 22 08," "JUL 12 08" or JUL
23 08." UPC #74701-00185.
3-pound boxes of "Topps 100% Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers, 12 Quarter
Pounders." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUN 22 08," "JUL 12 08" or "JUL
23 08." UPC #74701-00025.
Foodservice Products:
10-pound boxes of "BUTCHER'S BEST 100% ALL BEEF PATTIES 75/25, 6
OZ. FLAT, 27 PIECES." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUL 23 08."
10-pound boxes of "BUTCHER'S BEST 100% ALL BEEF PATTIES 75/25, 4
OZ. (4-1), 40 PIECES." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUL 23 08."
10-pound boxes of "KOHLER FOODS 4 OZ. FLAT HAMBURGER, 40 PCS."
Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUL 23 08."
10-pound boxes of "KOHLER FOODS 6 OZ. FLAT HAMBURGER, 27 PCS."
Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUL 23 08."
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10-pound boxes of "KOHLER FOODS 8 OZ. FLAT HAMBURGER, 20 PCS."
Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUL 23 08."
10-pound boxes of "SAND CASTLE FINE MEAT, 100% PREMIUM BEEF
HAMBURGERS 80/20, 8 OZ. FLAT, 20 COUNT." Each box bears a packed on
date of "JUN 22 08."
10-pound boxes of "SAND CASTLE FINE MEAT, 100% PREMIUM BEEF
HAMBURGERS 85/15, 6 OZ. FLAT, 27 COUNT." Each box bears a packed on
date of "JUN 22 07."
10-pound boxes of "Topps 100% PREMIUM HAMBURGERS 5 OZ. (1/2")."
Each box bears a sell-by-date of "JUN 22 08."
10-pound boxes of "Topps HAMBURGERS, 3.2 OZ, 50 COUNT." Each box
bears a sell-by date of "JUL 12 08."
10-pound boxes of "Topps 100% PREMIUM HAMBURGERS, 8 OZ. (Pub
Burger)." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUL 23 08."
10-pound boxes of "Topps 100% PREMIUM HAMBURGERS, 4 OZ. (4-1)
Homestyle." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUL 23 08."
10-pound boxes of "WESTSIDE, 100% PREMIUM HAMBURGER, 8 OZ.
FLAT, 20 COUNT." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUN 22 08."
10-pound boxes of "WESTSIDE, 100% PREMIUM HAMBURGER, 6 OZ
FLAT, 27 COUNT." Each box bears a sell-by date of "JUN 22 08."
10-pound boxes of "WESTSIDE 100% PREMIUM HAMBURGER, 5 OZ
FLAT, 32 COUNT."
The packages also bear the establishment number "Est. 9748" on the back panel
and it may be inside the USDA mark of inspection as well.