Meat sold in Colorado recalled

Posted on: 6:22 am, February 16, 2012, by David Mitchell, updated on: 07:55am, February 16, 2012

WASHINGTON — A California meat company is recalling meat and poultry products sold in Colorado after they missed a federal inspection. That’s according to the Food Safety and Inspection Service.

The recall includes a large number of products made by California-based AA Meats, including pork chops, beef short ribs and boneless beef ribeye.

Experts say there is a significant health risk. No illnesses have been reported.

The recalled products were sold in Colorado, California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. They include the following:

30-pound and 22-pound cases of the following products produced between Jan. 11 and Feb. 8, 2012:

AA Scalded Beef Omasum Tripe
AA Honeycomb Beef Tripe
AA Scalded Beef Tripe Menudo De Vovino
AA Beef Omasum Tripe
AA Beef Tripe

Various weights of the following products produced between March 5 and Feb. 8, 2012:

Pork chops
Beef short ribs
Beef tongues
Boneless beef shank
Boneless beef ribeye lipon
Boneless beef short plate
Boneless beef strip loin
Beef fat

10-pound bags of the following products produced between April 7 and Feb. 8, 2012:

Chicken feet
Duck feet
Pork uteri

Also, FSIS says the pork uteri, chicken feet and duck feet may have been produced using sodium percarbonate, a food additive not approved for use in these specific products.

Case labels or packaging may bear the establishment numbers EST. 21492, P-21492 or EST. 21492A in the USDA mark of inspection, or EST. 21492 simply ink-jetted on the case label.

Officials were not specific about where the meat was sold, but you can view an example of the labels here.