The Centers for Disease Control has associated a finding of E. coli O157:H7 in leftover ground beef from a hamburger meal at Camp Bournedale in Plymouth, Massachusetts, with the Lincoln Middle School E. coli outbreak.
The confirmation of E. coli O157:H7 was made by the Massachusetts Department of Public Healthand has prompted a recall of 1,039 pounds of fresh ground beef patties and tenderized beef cuts produced October 8 by South Shore Meats Inc. of Brockton, Massachusetts. See recall list at bottom.
The school trip to Bournedale by Lincoln Rhode Island sixth graders and their chaperones occurred October 13-16. The Boston Globe is reporting that more than 20 individuals from the group suffered diarrheal illness, including at least two who were hospitalized.
National food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen Attorneys president and founder Fred Pritzker calls on Camp Bournedale and South Shore Meats to immediately pay all medical expenses, lost wages of parents and other direct costs incurred by the victims of this outbreak, including a refund of all fees paid by the sixth-grade class to attend Camp Bournedale. The camp accommodates up to 300 school children at a time and has been in business for more than 70 years.
This outbreak was preventable and victims have special rights because the U.S. government bans E. coli O157:H7 in ground beef. Pritzker Olsen is accepting cases from the Lincoln school E. colioutbreak and is currently representing victims of E. coli O157:H7 and HUS, a life-threatening complication that develops after the diarrhea phase in more than 5 percent ofE. coli infections.
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South Shore Meats packages of recalled beef patties and steaks bear the USDA establishment number 6336 inside the USDA mark of inspection. They may also be date-coded with the number 281. South Shore is owned by Crocetti’s Oakdale Packing Co.
Here is the complete list of products in the South Shore Meats recall:
- 10-pound boxes containing 40, 4-ounce packages of “Beef Sirloin Patties, Manufactured by South Shore Meats.”
- 7.5-pound boxes containing 12, 10-ounce packages of “Beef Teres Major Steaks Seasoned.”
- Boxes of 24, 5-ounce packages of “BEEF BUTT STEAKS, (Filet Style).”
- 9-pound boxes containing 12, 12-ounce packages of “BEEF BUTT STEAKS, Center Cut, (sirloin style).”
- 9-pound boxes containing 12, 12-ounce packages of “BEEF BUTT STEAK, Center Cut, (filet style).”
- 6.75-pound boxes containing 12, 9-ounce packages of “BEEF BUTT STEAK, Center Cut, (sirloin style).”
- Boxes of 16, 10-ounce packages of “Beef Top Butt Steaks Sirloin Style.”
- Boxes of 20, 8-ounce packages of “Beef Butt Steaks Club Style.”
- Boxes of 26, 6-ounce packages of “Beef Top Butt Steaks Sirloin Style.”
- Boxes of 12, 10-ounce packages of “BEEF BUTT STEAKS, (Filet Style).”
- 6-pound boxes containing 16, 6-ounce packages of “Beef Filet Of Sirloin, Executive Cut.”
- Boxes of 12, 8-ounce packages of “BEEF BUTT STEAKS, (Filet Style).”
