Ground Elk meat packaged individually for retail sale in hermetically sealed plastic with a black backing iden

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Ground Elk meat packaged individually for retail sale in hermetically sealed plastic with a black backing identified with Use or Freeze By 04-27-15. The stick-on finished product label is red, white, and black with red, white, and black print writing reading in part: "Natural DK Meats All Natural Ground Elk Net Wt 16 oz Packed for DK Natural Meats Asheville, NC 28806, UPC 055173061006". Frontiere Natural Meats · reported 2015-07-08

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: Frontiere Natural Meats, LLC of Denver, Colorado is recalling certain 16 ounce packages of ground elk meat due to potential contamination with Escherichia coli O157:H7.
Classification: Class II
Recall initiated: 2015-06-03
Reported by the agency: 2015-07-08
Closed out (terminated): 2015-09-01
Recalling firm: Frontiere Natural Meats
Denver, CO
United States
This is the firm that issued the recall — commonly a distributor or processor. It is not the origin of contamination.
Distribution (the agency's own words): Entire amount distributed sent to one customer: Carolina Bison, 3 Westside Dr., Asheville, NC 28806
States we parsed from that text: NC
The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.
Food category: Meat & poultryderived
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
Recall type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number: F-2783-2015

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