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USDA Issues health alert for possibly tainted meat

by STAFF REPORT
Staff Report | April 27, 2022 4:46 PM

WAHSINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service on Wednesday issued a health warning for ground beef produced by JBS Foods subsidiary Empire Packing and sold in Washington and Oregon in December 2021 after some of the meat tested positive for E. coli O26.

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