Hormel Recalls Canned Beef Stew Product Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination
Hormel Foods Corporation, a Tucker, Ga. establishment, is recalling approximately 256,185 pounds of canned beef stew product that may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically wood, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced May 28.
The problem was discovered after the establishment notified FSIS that they had received three consumer complaints reporting pieces of wood in the beef stew product.
There have been no confirmed reports of injury due to consumption of this product.
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