E. coli 026 Cargill Beef Recall at BJ’s in New York
Eight New York locations of BJ’s Wholesale Club sold Cargill Meat Solutions ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli 026, a potentially deadly human pathogen.
Cargill recalled 8,500 pounds of E. coli ground beef August 28 after state and federal health investigators associated three confirmed E. coli 026 infections with the product. The cluster of illnesses included one case patient in New York and two in Maine. USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service determined the association and notified consumers that the tainted ground beef was sold at BJ’s Wholesale Club stores in New York, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, New Hampshire and Virginia. Click here for the complete retail distribution list.
The ground beef was produced June 11, but law firm PritzkerOlsen, P.A., is among concerned parties that believe consumers are still at risk for unknowingly pulling E. coli-laced ground beef from their home freezers. In New York, the recalled Cargill hamburger was sold at BJ’s in Albany, Clarence, East Syracuse, Flushing, Greece, Monroe, Oneota and Yorktown Heights. Packages bear USDA establishment number EST 9400 inside the USDA mark of inspection.
Escherichia coli, commonly known as E. coli, is a bacterium commonly found in the lower intestines of cattle. Eating ground beef is a well-established mode of transmission of the bacteria. Healthy adults sometimes endure bloody diarrhea, painful stomach cramps and other symptoms of infection without treatment, but E. coli 026 and other shiga toxin-producing types of E. coli can cause death and severe illness in young children, older adults and other people with weakened or under-developed immune systems.
In five to 15 percent of cases, infected individuals develop life-threatening hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Children under 5 years old are especially susceptible to HUS, which can lead to kidney failure, anemia, heart problems, brain damage and central nervous system disorders, including paralysis.
Individuals concerned about an illness should 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.
E. coli Ground Beef Recall in Massachusetts
Ground beef sold at nine BJ’s stores in Massachusetts is included in the latest Cargill E. coli ground beef recall. The tainted meat has been associated with two confirmed E. coli 026 infections in Maine and one in New York.
The meat sold at BJ’s Wholesale Club stores in eight states is marked “90 percent lean,” and was sold between June 16 and June 30, with a “use by” date of July 1. There is concern at law firm PritzkerOlsen, P.A., and elsewhere that more illnesses could occur if people pull the product from their home freezers without realizing it may contain deadly pathogens.
USDA announced August 28 a total of 8,500 pounds of beef was recalled from Pennsylvania-based Cargill Meat Solutions because it may be contaminated with E. coli 026, a shiga toxin-producing type of E. coli. The beef was shipped in bulk form and repackaged for sale in BJ’s meat cases in eight northeastern and eastern states. It bears USDA establishment number EST 9400 inside the USDA mark of inspection.
In Massachusetts, BJ’s spokeswoman Kelly McFalls said the meat was sold in nine BJ’s stores: Attleboro, Auburn, Leominster, Plymouth, Revere, Stoneham, Taunton, Waltham and Weymouth. Stores in Framingham and Westboro did not sell the meat, she said.
McFalls told the Worcester Telegram & Gazette that letters will be sent to BJ’s customers who bought the recalled beef.
The beef was also sold at BJ’s clubs in Maine, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Virginia.
Escherichia coli, commonly known as E. coli, is a bacterium commonly found in the lower intestines of cattle. Most reported outbreaks are caused by contaminated food and water and eating ground beef is a well-established mode of transmission of the bacteria. Healthy adults sometimes endure bloody diarrhea, painful stomach cramps and other symptoms of infection without treatment, but E. coli 026 and other shiga toxin-producing types can cause death and severe illness in young children, older adults and other people with weakened or under-developed immune systems.
In five to 15 percent of cases, infected individuals develop life-threatening hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Children under 5 years old are especially susceptible to HUS, which can lead to kidney failure, anemia, heart problems, brain damage and central nervous system disorders, including paralysis.
If you or a loved one has fallen ill after eating hamburger from BJ’s, contact your physician immediately for medical care. For answers to legal questions about a possible BJ’s ground beef lawsuit, 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 hamburger.
BJ’s Wholesale Club Hamburger E. coli Outbreak
BJ’s Wholesale Club stores in eight states carried ground beef recalled by Cargill that may be contaminated with E. coli 026.
The Cargill ground beef recall is for 8,500 pounds of ground beef chubs produced June 11 for use or freezing by July 1. State and federal health agencies traced two E. coli 026 illnesses in Maine and one in New York to the tainted Cargill hamburger. Illnesses started June 24.
The recalled Cargill ground beef products were repackaged by retailers for sale in supermarket meat cases. According to the initial Cargill recall distribution list, at least 26 BJ’s Wholesale Club stores in the northeast and eastern United States sold the product, which may remain in some home freezers.
Affected BJ’s Wholesale Club stores are in Maine, New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Virginia, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York.
Consumers are advised that investigations by public health experts have convincingly associated the outbreak strain of E. coli with ground beef produced June 11 by Cargill, one of the world’s largest food and agricultural commodities companies
If you or a loved one has been sickened in this outbreak, PritzkerOlsen, P.A. can answer any question relating to a possible BJ’s Wholesale Club and Cargill E. coli lawsuit at 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or by completing the contact form on the side of this Web page.
PritzkerOlsen is a leading food safety law firm involved in virtually every foodborne illness outbreak in the United States. The firm has collected millions of dollars on behalf of people injured or killed as a result of adulterated food, including ground beef contaminated with E. coli.
Cargill Hamburger E. coli Recall and Outbreak
Two people from Maine and one from New York have confirmedE. coli 026 infections from identical bacteria and their illnesses have been convincingly associated with Cargill hamburger meat recalled by the company early today.
This Cargill hamburger E. coli recall and outbreak is under active investigation by the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state health authorities, including agencies in Maine and New York.
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources notified FSIS of the E. coli 026 illness cluster on August 5. People began getting sick June 24. The hamburger was produced by Cargill June 11 and shipped to distribution centers in Connecticut and Maryland for further distribution. The products had a use-by or freeze-by date of July 1.
E. coli 026 produces shiga toxins in humans that cause serious harm by attacking red blood cells, frequently causing kidney failure. E. coli 0157:H7 is the most prevalent shiga toxin-producing type of E. coli, but E. coli 026 is just as dangerous and also can cause heart problems, brain damage, paralysis, central nervous system disorder and anemia.
Health adults usually can withstand an infection, but young children, the elderly and people with healthy immune systems can fall seriously ill or die. Children under 5 years old, in particular, are susceptible to a complication known as hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). HUS happens in 5 to 15 percent of infections and usually becomes apparent soon after initial symptoms of bloody diarrhea and painful stomach cramps subside.
E. coli 0157:H7 is banned from ground beef, but E. coli 026 and other types are not.
This is a shameful weakness in the food safety system that law firm PritzkerOlsen, P.A. is actively involved in trying to change, but it has no affect on filing a Cargill E. coli lawsuit. If you or a loved one has legal questions about compensation for health care expense, travel, pain, suffering and other harms in the Cargill hamburger E. coli recall, contact an E. coli lawyer at our firm at 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or complete the contact form on the side of this Web page.
Our firm has represented E. coli victims against Cargill and other multinational meatpackers and our attorneys have recovered millions of dollars for food poisoning survivors in all manner of foodborne illness litigation.
The Cargill hamburger recalled by FSIS was sold in bulk for retailers to repackage and sell in supermarket meat cases. The retail distribution list includes BJ’s Wholesale Club stores in Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Virginia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York. There is concern some packages remain in home freezers.
Here is the core of the Cargill hamburger E. coli recall announcement.
Cargill Meat Solutions Corp., a Wyalusing, Pa. establishment, is recalling approximately 8,500 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O26. The recall includes 42-pound cases of “GROUND BEEF FINE 90/10,” containing three chubs each weighing 14 pounds. These products have a “use/freeze by” date of “07/01/10,” and an identifying product code of “W69032.” The products subject to recall bears the establishment number “EST. 9400″ inside the USDA mark of inspection.
Super Center Concepts on Valley Meat Co. Beef E. coli Recall Retailer List
Super Center Concepts, Inc., based in Santa Fe Springs, California, has been included on the retail distribution list for a Valley Meat Company E. coli recall of one million pounds of frozen beef products, according to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
The recall followed reports of 7 cases of E. coli O157:H7 documented by state and federal health officials. The retail distribution list shows that the potentially contaminated beef products were distributed in several states, including: California, Nevada, Oregon, Arizona, Hawaii and Washington.
The recalled frozen beef patties and assorted other beef products were sold under the Valley Meat Company brand and have the establishment number “EST. 8268″ inside the USDA mark of inspection as well as a production code of 25709 through 01210. These products were produced between the dates of Oct. 2, 2009 through Jan. 12, 2010.
