Wal-Mart ground beef recalled for E. coli contamination, includes other stores

Lakeside Refrigerated Services, based in New Jersey, is recalling exactly 42,922 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli.

The recall includes “Organic Grass-Fed Ground Beef, which is sold at Wal-Mart.

The beef was sold under various brand names, including Thomas Farms and Marketside Butcher, could be contaminated with a strain of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and have an establishment number “EST. 46841”

The mark can be found inside the USDA mark of inspection. The beef is sold nationwide and sold at Wal-Mart. The USDA classifies the recall as a “Class I”, which is a  “health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.”

According to the CDC, E. coli can cause dehydration, bloody diarrhea and abdominal cramps three to four days after exposure – and potentially kidney failure in children under 5 years old and in older adults.

The raw ground beef items were produced on June 1, and includes:

• One-pound vacuum packages containing “Marketside Butcher Organic Grass-Fed Ground Beef” and “a use or freeze by date of 07/01/20 and lot code P-53298-82.”
• One-pound vacuum packages containing four quarter-pound pieces of “Marketside Butcher Organic Grass-Fed Ground Beef Patties” and “a use or freeze by date of June 27, 2020 and lot code P-53934-28.”
• Three-pound vacuum packages containing three one-pound pieces of “Marketside Butcher Organic Grass-Fed Ground Beef 93% Lean / 7% Fat” and “a use or freeze by date of 07/01/20 and lot code P53929-70.”
• One-pound tray packages containing four quarter-pound pieces of “Thomas Farms Grass-Fed Ground Beef Patties 85% Lean / 15% FAT” and “a use or freeze by date of 06/25/20 and lot code P53944-10.”
• Four-pound tray packages containing 10 quarter-pound pieces of “Thomas Farms Grass-Fed Ground Beef Patties 80% Lean / 20% Fat” and “a use or freeze by date of 06/25/20 and lot code P53937-45.”
• One-pound vacuum packages containing four quarter-pound pieces of “Thomas Farms Grass-Fed Ground Beef Patties 85% Lean / 15% Fat” and “a use or freeze by date of 06/27/20 and lot code P53935-25.”
• One-pound vacuum packages containing “Value Pack Fresh Ground Beef 76% Lean / 24% Fat” and “a use or freeze by date of 07/01/20 and lot code P53930-18.”

Consumers with questions should call Lakeside Processing Center Call Center at 856-832-3881.