Connecticut. Beef Recalled for E. Coli Contamination
Pastor Dale Morgan
Connecticut. Beef Recalled for E. Coli Contamination*
Tuesday October 24, 2006 5:16 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Connecticut company is recalling about 1,680 pounds
of ground beef products because they could be contaminated with a
dangerous strain of E. coli, the government said Monday.
The government said no illnesses have been reported from consumption of
the beef subject to the recall.
Omaha Beef Co. Inc. of Danbury, Conn., produced the hamburger patties
and bags of hamburger Oct. 18 and sent it to restaurants in Connecticut
and southern New York state, the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service
said.
The affected beef was packaged in 10-pound boxes of ``HAMBURGER PATTIES,
OMAHA BEEF CO., INC.'' and in 5- and 10-pount bags of ``HAMBURGER, OMAHA
BEEF CO., INC.'' The packages have the establishment number ``Est.
2769'' inside the U.S. Department of Agriculture mark of inspection and
the case code 101861.
Customers who bought the products affected by the voluntary recall
should return them to the place of purchase, the service said.
E. coli lives in the intestines of cattle and other animals and
typically is linked to contamination by fecal material. It's believed
responsible for about 60 deaths and 73,000 infections a year in the
United States. The potentially deadly strain can cause bloody diarrhea
and dehydration.
The very young, the old and people with compromised immune systems are
the most at risk.