Recall: Whole Foods Ground Beef May Be Contaminated with E. coli

"Whole Foods Market, the world's largest retailer of natural and organic foods, has recalled fresh ground beef it sold between June 2 and August 6, 2008 at its four Vancouver-area stores, as well as elsewhere, because of a concern that it may be contaminated with E. coli.

The beef in question came from a Nebraska beef processing plant that had previously been subject to a nationwide recall but at the time Whole Foods had been assured that its beef had not come from that plant, the company said in a news release. After some confirmed cases of E. coli were linked back to the company, "those assurances are now in question," the release said."

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