E. coli infections possibly linked to JBS beef

ATLANTA – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced that 23 people have been infected with a strain of E. coli bacteria that may be linked to beef from the JBS Swift packing plant in Greeley.

Reports of E. coli infection have come from nine states, none so far in Colorado. The first reported illness was on April 2, before the suspected April 21 contamination of meat at the Greeley plant. The latest illness was reported on June 13, according to the CDC.

Of 12 people known to have been hospitalized, the CDC said two patients developed kidney failure but no deaths have been reported.

Most of those infected reported they had eaten ground beef. JBS has said that portions of the sirloin muscle cuts it shipped to retailers may have been made into ground beef with possible contamination from that process.

JBS voluntarily recalled 41,280 pounds of beef products on June 24 and issued a second recall of 380,000 pounds of assorted beef products on June 28.

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