A California beef distributing corporation has closed its doors in four states, after recalling over eight million pounds of meat.
Petaluma's Rancho Feeding Corp. confirmed to the Los Angeles Times on Monday that they'd shut down as part of a voluntary closure, according to quality control management officials.
The Northern California plant recalled 8.7 million pounds of beef on Saturday, following a probe of the premises performed by the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service.
According to officials at the USDA, the plant "processed diseased and unsound animals," and distributed "products...unsound, unwholesome or otherwise are unfit for human food and must be removed from commerce."
The affected storehouse of products included entire beef carcasses and heads, along with 30-pound boxes of beef oxtail and cheeks, the LA Times reported.
30-and 60-pound boxes of beef tongue, cuts of veal and tripe were also recalled in the 8.7 million-pound haul.
Quality control manager Schott Parks wrote in a statement that plant officials put the recall into action "out of an abundance of caution."
Although there have been no official reports of illnesses from customers, the company still decided to close up shop nonetheless.
