NY's Fairbank Farms ground beef recalled

By By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Story Created: Oct 31, 2009 at 3:22 PM EST

Story Updated: Oct 31, 2009 at 3:22 PM EST

ASHVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - A New York meat company has recalled
almost 546,000 pounds of ground beef because of links to illnesses
from E. coli bacteria in Connecticut, Maine and Massachusetts.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Saturday the meat, sold
by Fairbank Farms in Ashville, was linked to cases of the foodborne
illness in the three New England states. The agency said retail
stores, including Trader Joe's, Price Chopper, Lancaster, Wild
Harvest, Shaw's, BJ's, Ford Brothers, and Giant, sold the ground
beef. Each package carried the number "EST. 492" inside the USDA
inspection mark or on the nutrition label.

In addition, ground beef packaged under the Fairbank Farms name
was distributed to stores in Maryland, Massachusetts, North
Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia for
further processing.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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