On Monday, Kenosha Beef International issued a recall of seasoned beef products because the meat may be contaminated with metal shavings,
to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Safety Service press release. The beef was produced from Sept. 20 to Oct. 4.On Tuesday, Taco Bellapproximately 2.3 million pounds of seasoned beef from its restaurants and distribution centres. The recall affectsTaco Bell locations in 21states across the eastern Midwest, northern Southeast and Northeast regions. The affected restaurants have already discarded the recalled meat, according to the company.
“As soon as we received the first consumer complaint, we immediately acted to remove the product from the affected restaurants and proactively worked with the supplier to inform the USDA of our steps to protect our guests,” said Julie Masino, president of Taco Bell corporation in North America.