E. coli prompts recall

Win Opportunity Knocks, doing business as Ottomanelli Wholesale Meats Inc., in St. Petersburg, FL, is recalling approximately 6,020 pounds of fresh and frozen, raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O45, O103, and O145, according to a USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announcement on July 18. The fresh and frozen, raw ground beef products were produced from June 18 through July 11, 2018 and were distributed for institutional use in Florida. The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. 11167” inside the USDA mark of inspection. The problem was discovered when FSIS was notified that the product was tested by the establishment and found positive for E. coli under their sampling program. FSIS is concerned that some product may be in institutions’ refrigerators or freezers. Institutions that have purchased these products are urged not to serve or sell them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase. — WLJ