* UPDATE * Cargill Meat Solutions Recalls Ground Beef Products

Cargill Meat Solutions, a Fort Morgan, Colo. establishment, announced a recall earlier this month of approximately 132,606 pounds of ground beef products made from the chuck portion of the carcass that may be contaminated with Escherichia coli O26, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The ground beef items were produced and packaged on June 21, 2018.

The USDA has identified some of the retailers that may have sold some of this recalled product. They include:

Safeway
Target
Sam's Club stores nationwide

according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This may not be a complete list.

The USDA reported on their website,"This list may not include all retail locations that have received the

recalled product or may include retail locations that did not actually receive the recalled product,"
The E. coli outbreak killed one person and sickened 17.

The items were produced and packaged on June 21 and shipped to retailers nationwide.

The products include 3-pound, 10-pound and 20-pound packages of ground beef under the Our Certified, Excel, Sterling Silver, Certified and Fire River Farms brands with July 11 use or freeze by dates.

The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. 86R” inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to retail locations nationwide.

The FSIS is concerned that some product may be frozen and in consumers’freezers. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not toconsume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.

E. coli O26, like the more common E. coli O157:H7, is a serovar of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC). People can become ill from STECs 2–8 days (average of 3–4 days) after exposure to the organism.

Most people infected with STEC O26 develop diarrhea (often bloody) and vomiting. Some illnesses last longer and can be more severe.

Consumers are encouraged to use a meat thermometer and assure 'done' temperature is at least 160 degrees Fahrenheit.