First it was E coli in raw spinach, then botulism in carrot juice, now 2,360 kilograms of ground beef products are being recalled after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said it could be tainted with E. coli.
The suspect ground beef patties were produced by Jim’s Market and Locker Inc., Harlan, Iowa, and have been transported to wholesalers in Georgia, Iowa, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New York, Texas and Wisconsin.
Authorities say the ground beef may have the same E. coli strain, 0157:H7, as the one found in raw bagged spinach recently. The tainted spinach caused three deaths. So far, nobody who has eaten the ground beef has been reported as sick.
Authorities say that anyone who bought these ground beef products should return them immediately to where they were bought.
Written by: Christian Nordqvist
Editor: Medical News Today