Illinois Packer Recalls Beef Jerky

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 05:40:36 GMT

State officials say Raber’s Packing Co. of Peoria, Ill., is recalling 21 pounds of its beef jerky because it was not inspected.

The Illinois Department of Agriculture says the product that has been recalled was sold in 25-ounce bags labeled “Grand Champion Raber’s Original Beef Jerky.” The package has the number “9'’ inside the Illinois mark of inspection and a code of “192.”

The beef jerky was produced July 2 and distributed for retail sale in Peoria.

The Agriculture Department’s meat and poultry inspector — during a routine inspection — determined the product was not produced correctly.

Livestock Disease Found in 2nd Montana Cow

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 02:04:53 GMT

State livestock officials are reporting for the second time in less than two weeks that they’ve found the disease brucellosis in a Montana cattle herd.

The Department of Livestock said Monday that a cow from a herd in Carbon County tested positive for the disease.

Brucellosis can cause pregnant animals to abort their young. It’s been largely eradicated from livestock but persists in elk and other wildlife in and around Yellowstone National Park.

State Veterinarian Marty Zaluski says the infected animal had tested negative during a prior test last year. The positive test came after the cow spent time grazing within the state’s designated brucellosis surveillance zone in Park County.

Brucellosis has been found in Montana cattle in five of the past eight years.

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Illinois Packer Recalls Beef Jerky

Livestock Disease Found in 2nd Montana Cow