(NEXSTAR) – A shipment of nearly 30,000 pounds of beef from Argentina is being recalled after the USDA found that it had bypassed a required import reinspection.
The USDA has also categorized the recall as Class I, indicating a “high or medium risk” situation.
The recalled meat, which was imported by Corte Argentino USA LLC, of Aventura, Florida, included several cuts of raw boneless beef labeled as: “top sirloin butt” (“cuadril sin tapa”); “eye round” (“peceto”); “topside cap off” (“nalga AD S/tapa”); “flat” (“carnaza cuadrada”); and “knuckle” (“bola de lomo”). All were shipped in boxes of varying weight labeled “Frigorifico Gorina SAIC,” and marked with “EST. N° OF. 2025” and “26644-AA,” per the recall alert.
The shipment, which included a total of 29,628 pounds of raw beef, was not presented to USDA inspectors for a mandatory reinspection before it was sent to distributors and retail outlets in Florida and Texas, according to the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS).
(United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service)
A representative for Corte Argentino was not immediately available to confirm whether the distributors in Florida and Texas had further distributed the raw beef products to other states.
The company’s website indicates that Corte Argentino services customers “in Miami and all over the U.S.A.”
The FSIS said there had been no reports of illnesses connected to the recalled meat, but urged consumers not to eat any of the affected beef, and throw it away or return it from where it was purchased.
The agency further categorized the recall as Class I, indicating a recall event “where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.”
A communications representative with the FSIS was unable to comment on the classification of the recall, nor whether all products that bypass a required inspection are automatically categorized as Class I.
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