Tyson Ground Beef and Sherm's Food-4-Less

Below is a USDA-FSIS public health alert regarding Tyson ground beef due to possible contamination with E. coli O157:H7. Pritzker | Ruohonen is providing the USDA-FSIS recall announcement as a public service. Pritzker | Ruohonen is a national food poisoning litigation law firm, and lawyers at the firm have been interviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other publications. Fred Pritzker, Rich Ruohonen and Elliot Olsen have been named "Super Lawyers" by Law & Politics magazine. To contact our law firm, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll-free), e-mail our lawyers or submit the firm's free case consultation form.

USDA-FSIS Public Health Alert Due to E. coli: Tyson Ground Beef Distributed to Sherm's Food-4-Less - This is not a Tyson Ground Beef Recall

May 21, 2008 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for approximately 808 pounds of ground beef products produced at Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., a Lexington, Neb., establishment that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.

Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., (EST. 245L), sold chubs of 85% lean, 15% fat coarse ground beef to Sherm’s Food-4-Less retail establishment in Medford, Oregon, who then processed this ground beef into various sized packages of ground beef products and sold to consumers between May 7 and May 19.

FSIS is issuing a public health alert rather than a recall because FSIS has confirmed that none of the affected products remain available for sale at this retail establishment. Consumers that may have purchased various sized packages of ground beef products at this retail establishment between May 7 and May 19 are urged to check their refrigerators and freezers and discard or return the ground beef products for a refund.

The problem was discovered after a microbiological test for E. coli O157:H7 was reported positive by another recipient of the product subject to this alert. FSIS has received no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of this product. Anyone with signs or symptoms of foodborne illness (E. coli symptoms) should consult a medical professional.

E. coli O157:H7 is a potentially deadly bacteria that can cause bloody diarrhea, dehydration, and in the most severe cases, kidney failure (Read about hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)). The very young, seniors and persons with weak immune systems are the most susceptible to foodborne illness.

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