E coli Found In Meat At Kroger's Store In Ohio
A spokesman for Kroger Stores in Ohio tonight is confirming one of their outlets sold meat that the Ohio Health Department found contaminated with E. coli. The Kroger spokesman told NBC 4 in Columbus that the grocery store chain is working with its suppliers to track down the origin of the bad meat.
Discovery of the E coli comes as central Ohio health departments continue to investigate an increased number of E. coli cases. Fifteen Central Ohio cases of E. coli have been matched by DNA testing, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
According to NBC 4:
Local health officials were notified by the Ohio Department of Health that a ground-beef sample submitted by the Franklin County Board of Health has tested positive for E. coli.
That announcement was made Tuesday afternoon.
The testing was conducted by the Ohio Department of Agriculture Laboratory. Further DNA testing is currently pending at the Ohio Department of Health Laboratory to determine if there is a match to the human cases in Ohio.The NBC 4 story can be found here.
Jan. 15, 2010 I bought beef roast dated 1/19/2010 at Krogers on Navarre in Oregon, Ohio. It was buy one get one free. Me and my husband both got sick with food posioning about the same time that night and the whole next day. Also, I bought ribs from Krogers at the same store a month ago and those you could tell were bad because they smelled as soon as we opened the package. We plan to do most of our shopping at a different store. We can't risk buying meet and getting sick. You can die from food posioning. Good luck to Kroger stores and their suppliers too. They are going to lose business selling bad meat.