Clanton Winn-Dixie could be involved in ground beef recall

Published 5:59 pm Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Winn-Dixie stores in Alabama were included in a recall of certain ground beef products, issued by the United States Department of Agriculture.

Clanton’s Winn-Dixie would be the only local store possibly involved in the recall. A representative from the store on Tuesday deferred questions to National Beef Packing Co., LLC, which distributed meat possibly contaminated with E. coli bacteria, though calls to the Dodge City, Kan. company were unreturned.

The recall of about 60,424 pounds of ground beef covered Kroger, Publix and Winn-Dixie stores in Alabama as well as several other states. Walmart and Sam’s Club were listed in the recall but not for stores in the state.

The products subject to recall include:

Ground beef chubs produced on July 23 with a “freeze by” date of Aug. 12.

•Boxes containing six 10-pound chubs of “National Beef 80/20 Fine Ground Chuck.” These can be identified by the product code 483.

•Boxes containing eight 5-pound chubs of “National Beef 80/20 Fine Ground Chuck.” These can be identified by the product code 684.

•Boxes containing twelve 3-pound chubs of “National Beef 80/20 Fine Ground Chuck.” These can be identified by the product code 782 or 785.

•Boxes containing six 10-pound chubs of “National Beef 80/20 Fine Ground Chuck.” These can be identified by the product code 787.

Ground beef chubs produced on July 25 with a “freeze by” date of Aug. 14

•Boxes containing eight 10-pound chubs of “National Beef 81/19 Fine Ground Beef.” These can be identified by the product code 431.

•Boxes containing eight 10-pound chubs of “National Beef 90/10 Fine Ground Beef.” These can be identified by the product code 471.

•Boxes containing six 10-pound chubs of “National Beef 86/14 Fine Ground Round.” These can be identified by the product code 494.

Each box and chub bears the establishment number “Est. 262” within the USDA mark of inspection.