Cargill recalls beef patties due to E.coli scare

E.coli has been in the news quite a bit recently, and here it is again. Agricultural food processor and gene manipulator (heh) Cargill Inc. indicated this past weekend that it will be recalling over 844,812 pounds of frozen beef patties. The reason? Why, possible E.coli contamination, of course.

The possible contamination was the result of finding illness cases in Wal-Mart's Sam's Club stores in Minnesota. As a result, Sam's Club pulled frozen hamburgers from store shelves over the weekend.

The Cargill-led recall then went into effect, and expanded outside Minnesota at this time. The product is "American Chef's Selection Angus Beef Patties" which were bought at any Sam's Club location since August. Customers are requested to destroy or return affected product at once.