Nearly a half million pounds of beef from California and Pennsylvania have been recalled due to fears it's been contaminated with E. coli. Other states affected are: Virginia, West Virginia, Arizona, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

The illnesses stemming from the Pennsylvania recall seem to all be connected to one restaurant where four or five customers got sick. Health officials say that because the number of illness is small and because exposure happened several weeks ago, that customers can feel comfortable eating at the restaurant.

Frozen beef products being recalled have the code "EST. 8264" on them and a date code of 118-6 or 4/28/06.