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Georgia processor expands meat recall
Mon Jul 23, 8:01 AM ET
WASHINGTON - A Georgia meat processor expanded its recall of canned meat
products that may be connected to a botulism outbreak.
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Castleberry's Food Co. of Augusta recalled more than 80 types of canned
chili, beef stew, corned beef hash and other meat products over the weekend, in
addition to the 10 brands it recalled Thursday.
Cans of chili sauce made at the Castleberry's plant were found in the homes
of an Indiana couple and two children in Texas who had been hospitalized with
botulism a muscle-paralyzing illness caused by a toxin made by the bacterium
Clostridium botulinum, commonly found in soil. All four are expected to survive.
The Agriculture Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Thursday
that an equipment malfunction may have been responsible for the contamination.
On Saturday, FSIS said the malfunctions at the Augusta processing plant may
have existed longer than initially estimated.
Castleberry's, which is owned by Bumble Bee Seafoods LLC and based in San
Diego, voluntarily expanded the recall.
Castleberry's senior vice president Steve Mavity said: "We believe we have
isolated the issue to a situation of under-processing on one line of our
production facility. As an extra precaution to the recall we announced on
Wednesday, we have shut down this line altogether and are recalling all
products produced on it."
Brand names of the recalled products include Austex, Best Yet, Big Y, Black
Rock, Bloom, Bryan, Bunker Hill, Castleberry's, Cattle Drive, Firefighters,
Food Club, Food Lion, Goldstar, Great Value, Kroger, Lowes, Meijer, Morton
House, Paramount, Piggly Wiggly, Prudence, Southern Home, Steak N Shake,
Thrifty Maid, Triple Bar and Value Time. The recall also includes four
varieties of Natural Balance dog food.
Consumers with questions about the recall may contact Castleberry's at
1-888-203-8446.
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