Jerry Hayes Meats Beef Carcass Recall

January 15, 2010 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Jerry Hayes Meats, a Newark Valley, New York, establishment is recalling approximately 490 pounds of a beef carcass that may not have had the spinal column removed, which is not compliant with regulations that require the removal of spinal cord and vertebral column from cattle over 30 months of age.

Spinal cord and vertebral column are considered a specified risk material (SRM) and must be removed from cattle over 30 months of age in accordance with FSIS regulations. SRMs are tissues that are known to contain the infective agent in cattle infected with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), as well as materials that are closely associated with these potentially infective tissues. Therefore, FSIS prohibits SRMs from use as human food to minimize potential human exposure to the BSE agent.

The products subject to recall include:

• 1- "BEEF CARCASS," which bears the establishment number "EST. 04488 M" inside the USDA mark of inspection.

The product was packed on January 7, 2010, and sold to a single customer in New York.

The problem was discovered through routine FSIS inspection activities. FSIS has received no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of this product.

Consumers with questions about the recall should contact the company's owner, Jerry Hayes at 607-642-9598.