E-Coli Surfaces in WI; Tainted Beef Blamed

From the Milwaukee Journal

Frozen ground beef patties produced at a plant in the Waukesha County community of Butler are making people sick from e-coli-related illness. The plant is owned by beef producer Cargill.

The patties have been pulled off Sam's Club store shelves nationwide after four kids in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area became ill from e-coli.

Now, there are three confirmed or suspected cases in Milwaukee County, and at least two more in southern and eastern Wisconsin.

Bevan Baker with the Milwaukee Health Department says their lab has been working the case since last week, before the recall was issued Saturday.


"Five in Wisconsin infected with E. coli - Three ate beef in Milwaukee area; link to Minnesota cases studied
Posted on October 9, 2007 by E. coli Attorney

Mark Johnson of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel posted last night on the online edition that now “five people in Wisconsin have been infected with E. coli O157:H7, three of whom consumed beef at the same event in the Milwaukee area in mid- or late September, according to the Milwaukee Health Department. The Cargill patties were produced between Aug. 9 and Aug. 17 and were sent to retail establishments, restaurants and institutions nationwide…. Cargill is voluntarily recalling 845,000 pounds of frozen ground beef patties produced at its Butler, Wisconsin plant.”
As I posted earlier, Cargill has had problems with E. coli in the past and they have been tragically tied to Milwaukee."