Beef Producer Announces Own Recall in Connection to Rancho Feeding Corp

LeftCoast GrassFed is recalling all its beef processed in 2013, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s investigation into Rancho Feeding Corporation – the facility that processes many of the company’s cattle.

Rancho Feeding Corporation of Petaluma, CA, recently recalled approximately 8,742,700 pounds of beef because it processed diseased and unsound animals and carried out these activities without the benefit or full benefit of federal inspection.

LeftCoast GrassFed said it had contracted with Rancho to process cattle “on a handful of days” in the summer and fall of 2013. “While we have been provided no evidence that our product has been compromised and there have been no reported illnesses from the consumption of our product, the safety and health of our customers is our utmost concern,” read a statement on the company’s website.

“We are sorry for this inconvenience and saddened by the waste of millions of pounds of meat, some of which, like ours, was raised with meticulous care and attention to the health and well-being of the animals that produced it.”

LeftCoast GrassFed is asking customers how purchased the recalled product to return it for a full refund.

from Food Safety News » Food Recalls http://ift.tt/1iXrnDQ