HelloFresh public health alert announced due to potential E. coli contamination in ground beef

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HelloFresh alert overview: 

• Who: Food safety watchdogs have issued an alert about ground beef products in certain HelloFresh meal kits.
• Why: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service says some of the beef may be contaminated with E. coli.
• Where: The HelloFresh alert is active in the United States.

United States food safety watchdogs have issued a public health alert regarding certain ground beef products distributed in HelloFresh meal kits as they may be contaminated with E. coli.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued the alert Sept. 10, saying the products may be associated with an E. coli O157:H7 illness outbreak. 

FSIS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state public health partners are investigating an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7, and raw ground beef is the probable source of the reported illnesses, they say in the alert. 

Traceback information identified that multiple patients received ground beef produced at establishment M46841 and distributed by HelloFresh in meal kits from July 2 – 21.

“Traceback of materials used to produce the ground beef is ongoing and FSIS continues to work with suppliers and public health partners on the investigation,” the service says.

HelloFresh alert says beef may be in consumers’ freezers

A recall was not issued because the products are no longer available for purchase, the FSIS says. 

However, the service is concerned that some product may be in consumers’ freezers. 

“Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away,” it says.

The company is not currently facing legal action over the recall, but Top Class Actions follows recalls closely as they sometimes end in class action lawsuits.

The HelloFresh meal kits containing ground beef included in the public health alert include the following recalled products: 

• 10-oz. plastic vacuum-packed packages containing “GROUND BEEF 85% LEAN/15% FAT” with codes “EST#46841 L1 22 155” or “EST#46841 L5 22 155” on the side of the packaging. The ground beef packages bear “EST.46841” inside the USDA mark of inspection and on the plastic ground beef package.

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