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Certain ground beef products may contain pieces of plastic
- Starting date:
- December 30, 2013
- Type of communication:
- Recall
- Alert sub-type:
- Notification
- Subcategory:
- Extraneous Material
- Hazard classification:
- Class 3
- Source of recall:
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Recalling firm:
- Vantage Foods (ON) Inc.
- Distribution:
- Ontario
- Extent of the product distribution:
- Retail
- CFIA reference number:
- 8539
Affected products
| Brand name | Common name | Size | Code(s) on product | UPC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prepared for Metro Brands | Lean Ground Beef | 908 g | 17/JA/2014 | 8 25172 00419 5 |
| Prepared for Food Basics | Extra Lean Ground Sirloin Beef | Variable weight | Best Before 2014JA05 | Starting with 0 216196 |
| Prepared for Food Basics | Extra Lean Ground Beef | Variable weight | Best Before 2014JA05 | Starting with 0 211411 |
| Prepared for Food Basics | Extra Lean Ground Beef FP | Variable weight | Best Before 2014JA05 | Starting with 0 211412 |
| Prepared for Food Basics | Lean Ground Beef | Variable weight | Best Before 2014JA05 | Starting with 0 211410 |
| Prepared for Food Basics | Lean Ground Beef FP | Variable weight | Best Before 2014JA05 | Starting with 0 211409 |
| Prepared for Food Basics | Medium Ground Beef | Variable weight | Best Before 2014JA05 | Starting with 0 211405 |
| Prepared for Food Basics | Medium Ground Beef FP | Variable weight | Best Before 2014JA05 | Starting with 0 211406 |
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