Walmart customers who have recently purchased ground beef from the retail giant are being asked to check their refrigerators and freezers for potentially contaminated meat.
A recall of the product was announced on Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
The agency cited concerns that thousands of pounds of beef could be contaminated by E. coli. The affected products are not isolated to any particular region and could be in Walmart stores nationwide, it said.
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“Cargill Meat Solutions, a Hazleton, Pa., establishment, is recalling approximately 16,243 pounds of raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli,” the FSIS said in the release.
It said the beef in question was packaged Friday and Saturday.
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