BY PEPPER FISHER
Clallam County – A recall of almost 10 million pounds of meat by an Oregon company may have reached nearly 100 stores in Washington state, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The company BrucePac recalled the ready-to-eat meat and poultry products because they might be contaminated with listeria, a bacteria that can cause sickness or death. The products were processed at a facility in Durant, Oklahoma, between June and October.
There are no confirmed cases of illness, but it’s raised alarm because of how widely the products were distributed. That’s made it difficult to identify the products that should be tossed. USDA has published more than 300 pages of packaging and labels for products that may be contaminated, and we took a look at that list.
It says the following stores in Clallam County received at least something on the list of potentially contaminated foods. They are; Ron’s Food Mart in Forks, Carlsborg Station on Carlsborg Road, and in Port Angeles, Highway 101 Food Mart on Front Street, First Street Market and Deli at 210 1st Street, Arco Food Mart on Lincoln, and Grandview Grocery on C Street.
We asked Jim Cromer at Grandview if he had heard about any possibly tainted food that had come to his store. His message to his customers was that he was told by his distributor two weeks ago that he may have gotten some recalled frozen hamburger patties and that he should throw them away, which he did.
People who bought recalled products should throw them away or return them to the store where they were purchased.
The list of affected products can be viewed on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s website. We’ve included the links you need to see for yourself along with this story on our website.