Wolverine Packing of Detroit has issued an E. coli recall for ground beef linked to an outbreak in Minnesota that has sickened at least 15 people hospitalizing two of them. The recalled ground beef and ground beef patties were shipped to restaurants nationwide.
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Wolverine Ground Beef E. coli Recall
The recall includes 167,277 pounds of fresh and frozen ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The establishment number “EST. 2574B” appears inside the USDA mark of inspection.
- The “use by” date for the fresh products is 11/14/2024 .
- The frozen products are labeled with production date 10 22 24.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA FSIS) was notified of illnesses on November 13, 2024. Working together, officials from FSIS and the Minnesota Departments of Agriculture and Health discovered a link between the ground beef products from Wolverine Packing Co. and this illness cluster.
As part of the outbreak investigation, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture collected and tested ground beef samples. On November 20, 2024, a sample tested positive for E. coli O157. To date,
The outbreak includes 15 illnesses and two hospitalizations. The patients said the onset of their illnesses began on dates ranging from November 2, 2024, to November 10, 2024.
Previous E. coli Outbreak and Recall
This is not the first time Wolverine ground beef has been recalled in connection with an E. coli outbreak. In May of 2014, Wolverine Packing recalled over a million pounds of ground beef products after 11 cases of E. coli O157 food poisoning were reported from four states: Michigan, Massachusetts, Ohio, and Missouri. Our E. coli lawyers have won personal injury and wrongful death cases in all of these states.
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