Ground Elk meat packaged individually for retail sale in hermetically sealed plastic with a black backing…

Date

July 8, 2015

Risk class

Class II (FDA's definition, 21 CFR 7.3(m): a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote)

Status

Terminated

Filed by

Frontiere Natural Meats

Product

Ground Elk meat packaged individually for retail sale in hermetically sealed plastic with a black backing identified with Use or Freeze By 04-27-15. The stick-on finished product label is red, white, and black with red, white, and black print writing reading in part: "Natural DK Meats All Natural Ground Elk Net Wt 16 oz Packed for DK Natural Meats Asheville, NC 28806, UPC 055173061006".

Reason

Frontiere Natural Meats, LLC of Denver, Colorado is recalling certain 16 ounce packages of ground elk meat due to potential contamination with Escherichia coli O157:H7.

Distribution pattern

Entire amount distributed sent to one customer: Carolina Bison, 3 Westside Dr., Asheville, NC 28806

Quantity

205 cases/8 lbs per case

Codes and lots

Use or Freeze by date of 04-27-15, product code number 80018, UPC 055173061006.

Recall started

June 3, 2015

Recall number

F-2783-2015

What should I do? Food recall: what to do with it

Source: FDA · Food enforcement report, recall number F-2783-2015. The agency record governs; check it and the company before acting.