Recalled ground beef distributed to Shaw's and Price Chopper stores in 8 states
FSIS today released the identities of retail stores that may have received E. coli O157:H7-contaminated ground beef involved in the current recall by Fairbank Farm. All Shaw's stores in Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachussets, and Vermont may have received contaminated meat; and all Price Chopper stores in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New York and Vermont may have received contaminated meat. The CDC now reports that 2 deaths and 26 illnesses may be linked to the Fairbank Farm recall, with the majority of illnesses coming from New England residents. Fairbank Farm has recalled approximately 546,000 pounds of fresh ground beef.
