Law Firm Calls on Kroger to Recall Ground Beef
Update to the Information Below: Ohio and Michigan E. coli Outbreak Linked to Kroger Ground Beef
According to the CDC, ground beef sold at Kroger grocery stores has been linked with an E. coli outbreak that has sickened people in Michigan and Ohio. Read about the legal implications of this association and a Kroger E. coli lawsuit. In response to this outbreak, Kroger has recalled an undetermined amount of Kroger ground beef products. Read about the Kroger recall.
According to the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH), more than half of the 15 people sickened in the current Michigan E. coli outbreak reported buying and eating ground beef from Kroger grocery stores. Also,a raw ground beef sample provided by an Ohio E. coli O157:H7 case is linked by genetic fingerprinting to the multistate outbreak in Ohio and Michigan. Test results released today verify the E. coli present in the beef sample shares the same genetic fingerprint with the bacteria that has sickened 19 Ohioans in recent weeks. Information submitted with the positive beef sample indicates the product was purchased at the Kroger Marketplace in Gahanna, Ohio. We just checked with the USDA-FSIS, and there is not yet a Kroger ground beef recall. [Update: There is now a Kroger recall.]
It is extremely likely that many people have ground beef in their freezers that was purchased at the Kroger stores purchased by those sickened in the Michigan E. coli and Ohio E. coli outbreak. This outbreak has 24 confirmed cases and more cases awaiting confirmation. Fourteen people have been hospitalized and one person has developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (kidney failure). An immediate Kroger recall would most likely prevent further illness.
We call on Kroger to recall all ground beef that may be contaminated. It is the company’s corporate responsibility to prevent further illness.
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