Abstract
Ground beef recall associated with non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, United States.
Highlights
On August 9, the New York State (NYS) Department of Health contacted Maine CDC regarding a third casepatient with an Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O26 isolate that was indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) from the other 2 isolates
On June 25, case-patient 1 had purchased 90% lean ground beef at store chain used by case-patient 1 (Store A); the beef was produced by a parent company with multiple establishments
On August 9, the New York State (NYS) Department of Health contacted Maine CDC regarding a third casepatient with an STEC O26 isolate that was indistinguishable by PFGE from the other 2 isolates
Summary
Case-patient 1 purchased ground beef at Store A; a shopper card used for the purchase was shared with investigators. Case-patient 2 consumed ground beef purchased from 2 stores (Stores B and C); neither shopper cards nor receipts were available. On August 5, a Maine Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources (Maine DoA) inspector visited Stores A and B. On June 25, case-patient 1 had purchased 90% lean ground beef at Store A; the beef was produced by a parent company with multiple establishments.
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