66 tons of ground beef recalled after E. coli outbreak kills 1, sickens 17

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Sept. 21, 2018 - PRLog -- Cargill Meat Solutions, is recalling 132,606 pounds of ground beef products for a possible risk of contamination with the E. coli bacteria, which has already killed one person and made another 17 sick.

The ground beef items were produced and packaged on June 21, 2018 and were shipped to retail locations nationwide, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) reported.

Cargill Meat Solutions ground beef products subject to recall bear establishment number "EST. 86R" inside the USDA mark of inspection.

On Aug. 16, 2018, FSIS was notified of an investigation of E. coli O26 illnesses. FSIS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and state public health and agriculture partners determined that raw ground beef was the probable source of the reported illnesses.

The epidemiological investigation identified 17 illnesses and one death with illness onset dates ranging from July 5 to July 25, 2018, according to a FSIS press release.

Ground beef was produced and packaged on June 21 and affects a dozen different Cargill Meat Solutions products, including… To read the complete story, click on this link: https://abasto.com/en/news/ground-beef-recalled-e-coli-outbreak/