Ground beef with possible E. coli distributed nationwide, USDA says

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Ground beef that was distributed nationwide whitethorn beryllium contaminated with E. coli, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service.

In a public wellness alert issued Wednesday, the bureau said the one-pound, vacuum-packed packages of "ORGANIC RANCHER ORGANIC GROUND BEEF 85% LEAN 15% FAT" were produced connected May 22 and 23 this year. The packaging is labeled with "Use oregon Freeze By 06-19-25" and "Use oregon Freeze By 06-20-25" and has "EST. 4027" wrong the USDA people of inspection.

The beef was distributed to Whole Foods Market retail locations nationwide and shipped to distributor locations successful Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois and Maryland.

The beef packs aren't disposable for acquisition anymore, but they could beryllium successful consumers' homes. If consumers person this product, officials impulse radical not to devour it.

"These products should beryllium thrown distant oregon returned to the spot of purchase," the alert said.

Label of crushed beef merchandise that whitethorn incorporate E. coli, according to USDA. Courtesy of the USDA

So far, determination person been nary confirmed reports of illness, according to the alert. But officials warned E. coli is simply a "potentially deadly bacterium that can origin dehydration, bloody diarrhea and abdominal cramps."

"While astir radical retrieve wrong a week, immoderate make a benignant of kidney nonaccomplishment called hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). This information tin hap among persons of immoderate property but is astir communal successful children nether 5-years aged and older adults," the alert read. "It is marked by casual bruising, pallor, and decreased urine output. Persons who acquisition these symptoms should question exigency aesculapian attraction immediately."

• Product Recall
• E. coli