WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Some ground beef sold by Trader Joe's, Shaw's and Wild Harvest may be contaminated with E. coli and is being recalled by its processor, authorities said.

Fairbank Farms, Ashville, N.Y., is recalling 545,699 pounds of ground beef shipped for sale last month to retail stores in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Saturday.

USDA inspectors working with state and federal health authorities became aware of the problem while investigating outbreaks of E. coli in Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts, agency officials said in a release.

The suspect beef products were shipped to Trader Joe's, Shaw's, Lancaster, Wild Harvest, Price Chopper, BJ's, Ford Brothers and Giant. Each package had "EST. 492" inside the USDA mark of inspection or on the nutrition label. The packages had a sell-by date of Sept. 19 through Sept. 28.



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CONCORD, N.H. (UPI) -- A New Hampshire resident has died of E. coli in a case linked to the recall of more than 500,000 pounds of beef from a New York processor, authorities said.

The victim was not identified in the announcement from the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, The Boston Globe reported Monday.

The deceased and two other New Hampshire residents fell ill after allegedly eating ground beef from Fairbanks Farms, Ashville, N.Y., New Hampshire health officials said Saturday.

Fairbanks Farms issued a recall for the beef, produced in mid-September for shipment to retail stores in mid-Atlantic and Eastern states.

In an unrelated case, South Shore Meats Co., Brockton, Mass., issued a recall of beef after more than 20 Rhode Island children and adults fell ill during a mid-October visit to a camp in Plymouth, Mass., The Globe reported.

The children and adults ate ground beef allegedly processed by South Shore Meats. Ground beef from the camp's kitchen tested positive for E.coli, authorities said.



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