PA Among Five States, DC Under Alert For Ground Beef Product

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is issuing a public health alert for a ground beef product.  According to officials, White Oaks Pastures’ “Radically Traditional Farming Grassfed Ground Beef” produced on February 26th, may have been contaminated with foreign material, specifically metal.  The product was shipped to retail locations in Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia.  Anyone who has purchased the ground beef is urged to avoid consuming it, and throw it away, or return it to the place of purchase.