Nearly 23,000 pounds of beef recalled from Kuna facility. How to check meat
Government officials are warning customers to check their meat after they found contaminated beef from an Idaho meat processing facility.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Feb. 11 that CS Beef Packers, located on South Cole Road in Kuna, was recalling nearly 23,000 pounds of raw ground beef products out of concern that they may be contaminated with E. coli O145.
The company shipped the contaminated beef to distributors in California, Idaho and Oregon, according to a department news release.
“These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase,” the agency said.
Officials said there were no confirmed illnesses from the recalled beef. Symptoms of E. coli illnesses can hit between two and eight days after exposure and include diarrhea, vomiting, stomach cramps and fever.
The department said its inspectors discovered the problem following testing of a “downstream customer.”
How to check labels
The recalled ground beef was produced on Jan. 14 and sold under several Fire River Farms “Classic Beef” labels, packaged in cardboard cases containing four 10-pound casings.
To find out whether their beef is part of the recall, customers should check information on the boxes’ stickers or printed directly on the casings.
The agency said contaminated products’ labels are marked “EST. 630” and include one of the following codes: 19583, 18601 or 19563. All affected beef had a date stamp saying “Use/Freeze By: 02/04/26” and time stamps between “07:03 and 08:32.”
CS Beef Packers did not immediately respond to the Idaho Statesman’s request for comment.
