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polarbearscooby Explorer
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Has anyone ever had any trouble with Sam's club meat?? It's the only new thing I've eaten today and I've got stomach pains that could kill an elephant, and my usual other symptoms. This is really annoying!! Has anyone had/heard of any problems with Sam's Club hamburger meat?

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I've never had a problem with their fresh meats but have only bought their hamburger one or two times. This was the lean 93/7 and made into patties. I buy their steaks, roasts and pork products all the time.

Frozen is a different matter. You have to be careful buying frozen beef patties. They will be labeled as beef patties and appear to be simple all-beef patties but there is a long list of ingredients in which bread and wheat is often listed. I got stung once on that and have been extremely careful about buying them.

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I've never had a problem with their fresh meats but have only bought their hamburger one or two times. This was the lean 93/7 and made into patties. I buy their steaks, roasts and pork products all the time.

Frozen is a different matter. You have to be careful buying frozen beef patties. They will be labeled as beef patties and appear to be simple all-beef patties but there is a long list of ingredients in which bread and wheat is often listed. I got stung once on that and have been extremely careful about buying them.

This was fresh meat, 10lbs of 93/7 lean hamburger meat. There pork didn't have any side effects...

But now that I think about it there was a "warning all meats processed in same place as" sign, and wheat one was of them. But all walmart and sams have those signs nowadays to cover themselves...right?

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I assume sam's would have the same meat as Walmart right? I have only been to Walmart, as we don't have a Sam's club card, and Walmart is closest to us. I personally just don't like the hamburger there, its always tough when I cook it. But I haven't had problems with it. Of course, like was above mentioned, I do not buy frozen meat or premade patties. Another thing that might be a problem is those ones that are five pound bulk packages. I am willing to bet so they can mass produce and make it cheap they aren't very careful. (After all, their canned beans aren't gluten free, and beans are supposed to be naturally gluten-free)

And yes, its pathetic I had to give away my beans because it said right on the can, "May contain wheat" in big letters.

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I never buy the frozen beef patties, I HATE the way they taste. And I hate buying meat at walmart/sam's club but it was cheap and since I feed up to 5 people day cheap is important :P

I'm still feeling way awful, brain fog, headache, stomachache, joint pain, etc.

I guess now I just get to suffer through it, as Dad says I can't eat that meat anymore :P

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Skylark
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Sorry you're feeling sick. :( I've seen FDA recalls of ground meats because they were cut with grain products and it wasn't declared on the label. It's also possible you simply got food poisoned. Did you make sure you cooked the beef really well? It's not safe to have burgers pink in the middle these days.

You may have to go with more beans and eggs for protein and watch for things like pot roast on sale so you can be more sure you don't get into gluten.

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Sorry you're feeling sick. :( I've seen FDA recalls of ground meats because they were cut with grain products and it wasn't declared on the label. It's also possible you simply got food poisoned. Did you make sure you cooked the beef really well? It's not safe to have burgers pink in the middle these days.

You may have to go with more beans and eggs for protein and watch for things like pot roast on sale so you can be more sure you don't get into gluten.

My dad ate the same meat so it's not food poisoning :(

I usually buy at my local store, they don't use any wheat in there butchers area.... And they make all the hamburger meat :)

Guess I'll have to stick with that even though it costs a little more...

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But now that I think about it there was a "warning all meats processed in same place as" sign, and wheat one was of them. But all walmart and sams have those signs nowadays to cover themselves...right?

Sounds like you got cross contaminated--they put those signs out to let us know that the product in question may have come in contact with certain allergens. If I saw a sign like that, I wouldn't have bought it--although I'm very sensitive to cross contamination. Others would be fine with it--you have to know your limits :)

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Sounds like you got cross contaminated--they put those signs out to let us know that the product in question may have come in contact with certain allergens. If I saw a sign like that, I wouldn't have bought it--although I'm very sensitive to cross contamination. Others would be fine with it--you have to know your limits :)

I'm VERY sensitive to CC, but I assumed it was just a cover their butts kind of thing :P Go figure....

But at this point we think it's CC, as I'm still feeling the symptoms :P

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I assume sam's would have the same meat as Walmart right? I have only been to Walmart, as we don't have a Sam's club card, and Walmart is closest to us. I personally just don't like the hamburger there, its always tough when I cook it. But I haven't had problems with it.

As strange as it sounds, Sam's meat is not the same as Walmart's meat. They don't sell "enhanced" (translated: soaked in salt water so it weighs more) meats. Sam's meats are generally of a good quality and are minimally processed.

I never buy meat at Walmart. I almost bought a ham there last week but the label stopped me dead in my tracks: "Contains up to 23% added water." No thanks.

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