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Food FSIS Class I Completed Foreign material

Ada Valley Meat Company Recalls Ready-To-Eat Ground Beef Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination

Ada Valley Gourmet Foods Published Jul 29, 2025

Risk level

Class I

Dangerous or defective — could cause serious health problems or death.

Severity score 75/100

What should you do?

  • Check whether you have this product, using the lot codes, UPCs, and dates listed below.
  • Do not eat, serve, or sell the affected product.
  • Return it to the place of purchase for a refund, or throw it away in a sealed bag so people and animals can’t get to it.
  • Contact Ada Valley Gourmet Foods or your place of purchase with questions, and see the source record below for full details.
Reason for recall

WASHINGTON, July 29, 2025 - Ada Valley Meat Company, an Ada, Mich., establishment, is recalling approximately 1,065 pounds of a fully cooked frozen ground beef product that may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The frozen ready-to-eat ground beef item was packed on May 28, 2025, and May 30, 2025. The following product is subject to recall [ view labels ]: 20-lb. cardboard box cases containing four 5-lb. plastic bags of "Ada Valley FULLY COOKED GROUND BEEF" with Pack Date 5/28/25 with lot code 35156 or Pack Date 5/30/25 with lot code 35157 represented on the label. The products subject to recall bear establishment number "EST. 10031" inside the USDA mark of inspection. This item was shipped to other establishments and distributors in California, Delaware, Illinois, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. The problem was discovered after the firm notified FSIS that it received a consumer complaint reporting that pieces of metal were found in the product. There have been no confirmed reports of injury due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an injury should contact a healthcare provider. FSIS is concerned that some products may be in institutional freezers. Institutions who have purchased these products are urged not to serve these products. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase. FSIS wants to make sure consumers are aware that some of the recalled products could bear a different establishment number on the label due to further distribution and processing by other establishments. Consumers are urged to carefully review the information in this announcement, including the product and label information. Please check back frequently as additional products could be added. FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers. When available, the retail distribution list(s) will be posted on the FSIS website at www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls . Consumers and members of the media with questions about the recall can contact Gerrit Rozeboom, President, Ada Valley Gourmet Foods at [email protected] . Consumers with food safety questions can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline (888-674-6854) or send a question via email to [email protected] . For consumers that need to report a problem with a meat, poultry, or egg product, the online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System can be accessed 24 hours a day at https://foodcomplaint.fsis.usda.gov/eCCF/ .

Hazards

Metal · primary

Affected products (1)

20-lb. cardboard box cases containing four 5-lb. plastic bags of "Ada Valley FULLY COOKED GROUND BEEF" with Pack Date 5/28/25 with lot code 35156 or Pack Date 5/30/25 with lot code 35157 represented on the label.

1,065 lbs

Affected areas

CaliforniaDelawareIllinoisMichiganPennsylvania

Timeline

  1. Initiated
    Jul 29, 2025
  2. Published
    Jul 29, 2025
Recall number
027-2025
Agency
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service
Country
US