US/Washington:
Vermont Packinghouse, LLC, a North Springfield, Vermont establishment, recalls an estimated 10,828 pounds of Raw Intact Bone-In Beef Quarters from cattle identified as being over 30 months of age because these food products may contain Specified Risk Materials (“SRM”), specifically vertebral column (i.e., spine) of the animals with consequential risk of Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (“BSE”), commonly known as Mad Cow Disease, a neurodegenerative disease of cattle. Spread to humans BSE is believed to result in variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (“vCJD”), a severe illness with life-changing complications including death, all serious health hazards.
USDA: http://ht.ly/NqaR30n5lZg
Additional information:
The United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) reports the recalled Beef carcasses were slaughtered from February 8, 2018 to June 8, 2018 and were sold as follows:
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