E. coli Sickens 21 People Prompting Burger Recall

Lee Coleman

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E. coli strikes again. At least 21 people in eight states may have become ill due to the latest outbreak. CDC has confirmed two in New York and one in Florida directly linked to the ground beef, the others are under investigation. The recall comes from Topps Meat Company out of Elizabeth, NJ. The frozen beef patties, 331,582 pounds, were distributed nationwide.

The boxes recalled carry the number "Est. 9748" inside the USDA mark of inspection and were produced on June 22, July 12 or July 23, the USDA said.

The recalled products include certain 10-pound boxes of Butcher's Best 100% All Beef Patties; certain 10-pound boxes of Kohler Foods burgers; certain 10-pound boxes of Sand Castle Fine Meat; some 2-pound boxes of Topps 100% Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers; and some 3-pound boxes of Topps 100% Pure Ground Beef Hamburgers.

For more information on this subject, please refer to the section on Defective and Dangerous Products.