06/13/2014 A Missouri-based company has recalled approximately 4,000 pounds of beef products that could be contaminated with a mad cow disease pathogen

By Megan Gates
A Missouri-based company has recalled approximately 4,000 pounds of beef products that could be contaminated with a mad cow disease pathogen, Tech Times reports. In a statement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said that Fruitland American Meat recalled two cryovac-packaged bone-in Rain Cow Ranch Ribeye with the establishment number EST. 2316 and were produced between September 5, 2013, and April 15, 2014. The products were distributed to a Connecticut Whole Foods distribution center to be sold in New England stores and a New York restaurants. Fruitland also recalled beef carcasses with the number EST. 2316, packaged from September 2013 to April 2014, and distributed to a restaurant in Kansas City and another Missouri establishment. “The beef recall was initiated after the FSIS discovered during a review of slaughter logs that Fruitland American Meat may not have removed the dorsal root ganglia tissue from cattle that were at least 30 months old, which is not compliant with federal regulations,” Tech Times reports.
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