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Nearly 47 Tons of Meat Recalled Due to Possible Non-Food Grade Substance Contamination

MF Meats is recalling its beef and pork after customer complaints about a chemical taste in the items.

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N.Y.-based MF Meats is recalling approximately 93,277 pounds (46.7 tons) of raw pork and beef products, which may have been contaminated with non-food grade mineral seal oil that is not approved for use in meat processing, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The items in question were shipped to restaurants in N.Y, Pa., and Ohio.       

According to FSIS, the problem was discovered after MF Meats received four complaints from restaurants reporting a chemical taste in the meat products. After investigating, MF Meats determined that its mineral oil supplier sent them a drum containing non-food grade mineral seal oil labeled as food grade mineral oil. The non-food grade mineral seal oil was applied to food contact surfaces and not directly to the meat products.

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