Beef Products Added to Recall Due to Processing Diseased Animals

Rancho Feeding Corporation, a Petaluma, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 8,742,700 pounds, because it processed diseased and unsound animals and carried out these activities without the benefit or full benefit of federal inspection. Thus, the products are adulterated, because they are unsound, unwholesome or otherwise are unfit for human food and must be removed from commerce, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The following Rancho Feeding Corporation products are subject to recall:

"Beef Carcasses” (wholesale and custom sales only)

2 per box "Beef (Market) Heads" (retail only)

4-gallons per box "Beef Blood" (wholesale only)

20-lb. boxes of “Beef Oxtail”

30-lb. boxes of “Beef Cheeks”

30-lb. boxes of " Beef Lips"

30-lb. boxes of "Beef Omasum"

30-lb. boxes of "Beef Tripas"

30-lb. boxes of "Mountain Oysters"

30-lb. boxes of "Sweet Breads”

30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Beef Liver”

30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Beef Tripe”

30- and 60-lb. boxes of “Beef Tongue”

30- and 60-lb. boxes of "Veal Cuts"

40-lb. boxes of "Veal Bones"

50-lb. boxes of “Beef Feet”

50-lb. boxes of “Beef Hearts”

60-lb. boxes of "Veal Trim"

Beef carcasses and boxes bear the establishment number "EST. 527" inside the USDA mark of inspection.  Each box bears the case code number ending in “3” or “4.” The products were produced Jan. 1, 2013 through Jan. 7, 2014 and shipped to distribution centers and retail establishments in California, Florida, Illinois, Oregon, Texas and Washington.

Note. It has been reported that the Owner of Rancho Feeding Corporation has received no documentation of the reason for the recall. They have a veterinarian at the plant every day and do not slaughter deceased animals No one has been reported as being sick from his products..Most of this meat has already been eaten

Beef and Beef Products recalled

Rancho Feeding Corporation, a Petaluma, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 41,683 pounds of various meat products because they were produced without the benefit of full federal inspection, making them unfit for human food, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The following Rancho Feeding Corporation products are subject to recall:

• “Beef Carcasses”
• 50-lb. boxes of “Beef Feet”
• 20-lb. boxes of “Beef Oxtail”
• 50-lb. boxes of “Beef Hearts”  
• 60 and 30-lb. boxes of “Beef Liver”
• 30-lb. boxes of “Beef Cheeks”
• 60-lb. boxes of “Beef Tripe”
• 30-lb. boxes of “Beef Tongue”

Beef carcasses and boxes bear the establishment number "EST. 527" inside the USDA mark of inspection.  Each box bears the case code number “ON9O4.” The products were produced Jan. 8, 2014, and shipped to distribution centers and retail establishments in California. 

The problem was discovered as a result of an ongoing investigation. FSIS believes the company produced product without full ante-mortem inspection as per federal regulations.

FSIS has received no reports of illness due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an illness should contact a health care provider.