Washington, Oregon residents ill with E. coli after eating ground beef

Posted on August 30, 2007 by E. coli Attorney

The Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today that Interstate Meat Dist., Inc., of Clackamas, Oregon, was recalling 41,305 pounds of ground beef products for potential E. coli O157:H7 contamination.  The recall was announced after at least eight people in Oregon and Washington became ill with E. coli infections after eating the ground beef products.  According to the FSIS recall release:

This public health alert was initiated after epidemiological investigations conducted by the State of Oregon Department of Health Services and the Washington State Department of Health determined that there is a possible link between the ground beef products and eight confirmed E. coli O157:H7 illnesses reported in Oregon and Washington.

The products subject to this public health alert include

* 16-ounce packages of "Northwest Finest 7% FAT, NATURAL GROUND BEEF." The label bears a UPC code of "752907 600127."
* 16-ounce packages of "Northwest Finest 10% FAT, Organic GROUND BEEF."

Each package also bears the establishment number "Est. 965" inside the USDA mark of inspection as well as a sell-by date between "08/01/07" and "08/11/07."

The ground beef labels are pictured here:

E. coli ground beef labelOrganic beef E. coli recall

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