Plant recalls beef, but consumers can't be told from what stores. [View All]

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WASHINGTON - Beef banned under mad cow disease rules was shipped to wholesalers in six states and is being recalled by a Wisconsin plant.

The 1,856 pounds of beef included meat from a Canadian cow that inspectors in Canada determined was eligible for shipment to the United States. A Canadian audit two weeks later found, however, that the cow was a month too old to be allowed inside the U.S.

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Green Bay Dressed Beef processed the cow on Aug. 4 and distributed the meat to wholesalers in Pennsylvania, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The USDA is trying to find out how much beef wound up in retail stores.

Cohen said USDA officials are prohibited from saying which retail outlets may have received the recalled beef.

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I feel great knowing that the beef is recalled from the stores, but not from people's refrigerators.