A&P Responds to Latest EMMPAK Ground Beef Recall.Business Editors MONTVALE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 2002 The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. (A&P, NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GAP) today asked customers to return fresh ground beef products purchased in its stores with sell-by dates ranging from September 27 through October 10. The action followed a new recall this week by its supplier, Peck Meat Packers, a division of Emmpak Foods, Inc. Peck issued the recall after a sample of its product tested positive for E. coli E. coli: see Escherichia coli. E. coli in full Escherichia coli Species of bacterium that inhabits the stomach and intestines. E. coli can be transmitted by water, milk, food, or flies and other insects. 0157:H7, said Richard De Santa, Vice President of Corporate Affairs for A&P. A&P's action is directed to customers of Company-operated stores under the following banners: A&P (in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , New Jersey and Connecticut); Waldbaum's (in New York); The Food Emporium (in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut); Super Fresh (in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). ); Farmer Jack (in Michigan and Ohio); Kohl's (in Wisconsin) and Sav-A-Center (in Lousiana and Mississippi). The recall applies to packages of ground meat labeled as ground beef, ground hamburger, ground chuck, ground sirloin, ground round, lean ground beef, hamburger patties and meat loaf, all packaged under the store banner labels listed above, or under the Company's Master Choice label. "We are asking our customers who purchased ground beef products purchased in our stores with sell-by dates from September 27 through October 10 to return them to the stores for a full refund," De Santa said. "Although no samples from our stores have tested positive, and there have been no reported illnesses in connection with the products recalled, we want to make every effort to safeguard our customers," he said. On September 27, Peck Meat Packing announced a voluntary recall after public health officials from the USDA USDA, n.pr See United States Department of Agriculture. and the state of Minnesota identified food-borne illness Food-borne illness A disease that is transmitted by eating or handling contaminated food. Mentioned in: Campylobacteriosis, Shigellosis associated with an E. coli 0157:H7 outbreak in that state. The product involved in this week's new action was produced in the same plant, but is not connected with the September 27 recall. In addition to recalling the products and removing remaining supplies from its warehouses and stores, A&P again reminded consumers to maintain safe food handling practices, including proper refrigeration refrigeration, process for drawing heat from substances to lower their temperature, often for purposes of preservation. Refrigeration in its modern, portable form also depends on insulating materials that are thin yet effective. and/or freezing, using a thermometer thermometer, instrument for measuring temperature. Galileo and Sanctorius devised thermometers consisting essentially of a bulb with a tubular projection, the open end of which was immersed in a liquid. to ensure that ground beef is fully cooked to 160 degrees Fahrenheit, and washing hands whenever preparing or otherwise handling any meat product. |
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