More than 16,000 pounds of ground beef sold at Walmart stores nationwide were recalled due to potential E. coli contamination. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced the recall on Wednesday; according to the release, approximately 16,342 pounds of six different types of raw ground beef products sold by Cargill Meat Solutions were recalled. The products were produced April 26-27, 2o24 under a variety of different labels, the release said (see HERE for labels.). Consumers are urged to check their fridge or freezer and immediately dispose of the product or return it to the place of purchase.

According to the agency, the ground beef may have been contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, a “bacterial strain that is an important food and a waterborne pathogen that causes diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis, and hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) in humans,” according to StatPearls, an online library published in the National Library of Medicine.

All products contained the establishment umber “EST. 86P” printed on the back of the label, and the products were then shipped to Walmart retail locations nationwide. According to the release, the producer flagged the issue after it was discovered that the impacted products, which had previously been segregated, have been “inadvertently utilized in the production of ground beef.”

No confirmed reports of adverse reaction has been reported, the release added. For more information about the recall, head here.

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