Company Recalls Patties After Canadian Beef Is Mislabled

A Pennsylvania company is recalling about 170,000 pounds of hamburger patties containing Canadian meat.

Virginia is among a handful of states that received the beef.

The Agriculture Department says the meat should not have been imported under rules imposed after Canada's 2003 mad cow disease case.

Doctor Elsa Murano, undersecretary for food safety, says consumers may have bought some of the patties, but the beef "does not pose any risk to human health."

She says the cattle were considered too young to have mad cow disease.

The ground beef being recalled was produced July 15th through 19th and marketed under the Philly-Gourmet and Philly Homestyle labels.

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