Maine Ground Beef E. coli 026 Recall Update
Maine public health officials were instrumental in E. coli surveillance that led to last month’s Class I recall of 8,500 pounds of Cargill Meat Solutions ground beef that may be contaminated by E. coli 026.
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention identified two adults with a matching strain of shiga toxin-producing E. coli O26. The date of onset of illness for the two patients was July 8 and July 16. These Maine ground beef E. coli patients resided in Androscoggin and Oxford counties, according to Seacoastonline.com. Both patients prepared and consumed ground beef. The same identical strain of E. coli sickened one patient in New York. That patient also had exposure to ground beef.
The recalled Cargill ground beef was produced June 11, but law firm PritzkerOlsen, P.A., is among concerned parties who believe consumers are still at risk for unknowingly pulling E. coli-laced ground beef from their home freezers. In Maine, the recalled Cargill hamburger was sold at BJ’s Wholesale Club stores. Store locations in the state are in Portland, at 513 Warren Ave. and in Auburn, at 110 Mt. Auburn Ave.
The product subject to recall includes:
42-pound cases of “GROUND BEEF FINE 90/10,” containing three (3) approximately 14-pound chubs each. These products have a “use/freeze by” date of July 1, 2010 and an identifying product code of W69032.
If you or a loved one is concerned about a possible E. coli infection from recalled ground beef, you should immediately contact a physician. For answers to questions about compensation for medical expenses, pain, suffering and other harms contact PritzkerOlsen at 1-888-377-8900 (TOLL FREE) or complete the contact form on the side of this Web page. Our firm is one of the few in the country practicing extensively in the area of foodborne illness litigation and we have won millions of dollars for victims of food poisoning, including E. coli in ground beef.
