More Than 167,000 Pounds of Ground Beef Have Been Recalled
15 people have been sickened so far in an E. coli outbreak.
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Wolverine Packing Co. is recalling 167,277 pounds of ground beef because it may be contaminated with E. coli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Wednesday.
So far, 15 people have been sickened in the outbreak, all in Minnesota, with symptom onset November 2-10, 2024, according to FSIS, which is investigating the outbreak in tandem with the Minnesota Departments of Agriculture and Health. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture alerted FSIS to the outbreak in light of reports that people had become ill after consuming ground beef. A ground beef sample tested positive for E. coli on November 20.
Wolverine Packing Co., a Detroit-based meat manufacturer and distributor, had shipped the meat products to restaurant locations nationwide. Concern remains that the affected products may still be in restaurant refrigerators or freezers.
The recall includes fresh meat products marked with a “use by” date of 11/14/2024 and frozen products labeled with production date 10 22 24. The establishment number “EST. 2574B” appears inside the USDA inspection mark on all the affected products. You can find the full product list here and see the labels of the recalled items here.
“Restaurants are urged not to serve these products,” FSIS says in its alert. “These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.”
The E. coli O157:H7 bacterium is a severe strain that can cause symptoms including dehydration, bloody diarrhea and abdominal cramps, with symptoms generally appearing between two and eight days after exposure. Most people recover in about a week, but some develop a life-threatening form of kidney failure called hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Young children and older adults are at greater risk. If you think you may have been sickened in this outbreak, you are urged to seek medical attention, particularly if you develop severe symptoms.
More information about the recall can be found here.
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