On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said Hawai'i was one of eight states and Guam that had received part of a 10,000-pound shipment of beef that was being recalled.

But today, after further review of shipping records, it was discovered that both Hawai'i and Guam did not receive any of the meat, said Daniel Puzo, a spokesman for the inspection service.

"None of the recalled meat was shipped to Hawai'i," Puzo said today.

The confusion resulted as inspectors reviewed a list of distributors that received meat products from Vern’s Moses Lake Meat Co. in Moses Lake, Wash., where the infected cow was slaughtered along with 19 others on Dec. 9.

"When we released that information, one or more of them listed Hawai'i as a distribution point," Puzo said. "We had to investigate whether it had indeed gone to Hawai'i. We were trying to be as cautious as possible. The same thing happened with Guam."

Inspectors have been at the Moses Lake slaughterhouse for several days reviewing customer lists, said Matt Baun, another spokesman for the inspection service. In the last 24 hours, they were able to eliminate some customers.

"Today we can say for sure that none of the product went to Hawai'i," Baun said.

Most of the meat — about 80 percent — was sent to Washington and Oregon.

"We are making sure the product is either being held or sent back to the point of purchase," Baun said.

Major Hawai'i markets have stressed all week that they did not buy or sell the tainted beef.

Hawai'i grocery chains including Safeway, Times Super Market, Star Markets, Foodland, Sack N Save and KTA Super Stores all reported that they are certain they did not receive the beef.