Half a million pounds of ground beef have been recalled due to potential E. coli contamination after an investigation into an E. coli outbreak in New England.
These 500,000 lbs of recalled ground beef were distributed by Fairbank Farms and may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
The recalled ground beef was sold at Shaw’s Trader Joe’s Price Chopper, Giant, Ford Brothers, Lancaster and Wild Harvest and BJ’s stores through out the New England states, as well as in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia. The packages will have an establishment number of EST 492 inside the USDA mark of inspection or on the nutrition label.
The Fairbanks Farms ground beef was distributed by Fairbanks Farms and sold as, Giant Nature’s Promise, Shaw’s and other grocery store brands. The recalled meat has a sell-by date of September 19 through September 28, but may still be frozen for later use by restaurants, cafeterias and consumers.
The ground beef products were produced on Aug. 31, 2007, and were distributed to retail establishments in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Stay tuned for more information about this latest E.coli related ground beef recall.
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