Aug 15 2008
Whole Foods Tackles Beef Recall Head On
On August 8, Nebraska Beef issued a USDA Class 1 recall of 1.2 million pounds of beef because of possible E. coli 0157:H7 contamination, of which about 4 percent was destined for select Whole Foods Market stores in 23 states and D.C.
As a precautionary measure, Whole Foods had already voluntarily recalled fresh ground beef in select stores that use Coleman Natural as a supplier after learning that two state health departments linked illnesses to nine Whole Foods Market shoppers.
This Whole Foods Market voluntary recall was never nationwide, and any meat now sold at Whole Foods is not associated with this recall.
States in the voluntary Company recall include: Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington D. C. and Wisconsin.
States that are not part of the recall are: Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Kansas, Indiana, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska and Canada. Whole Foods Markets stores in these states did not receive any shipments of the meat that are being targeted for recall.
The recalls come as a result of investigations into confirmed cases of E. coli 0157:H7 contamination in Virginia, Ohio, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market is the world’s leading natural and organic foods supermarket and America’s first national certified organic grocer.
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