More than 2,500 tons of raw beef are being added to a recall in connection with a salmonella outbreak that federal officials say has sickened hundreds of people across 25 states.
The Arizona-based JBS Tolleson processing plant initially recalled about 3,500 tons of potentially contaminated beef in October. JBS, the top global meatpacker that owns the plant, still maintains the move ensured all of the affected product had already been removed from store shelves.
But the U.S. Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service says investigators identified at least three patients believed to have been sickened by the company’s beef that was not included in the October recall.
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