Major Ground Beef Recall in North East

Tools

By Allen Leight

Story Published: Nov 3, 2009 at 5:04 PM EST

Story Updated: Nov 3, 2009 at 5:04 PM EST

Ashville, NY (WKBW) -- A large ground beef recall is underway for Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states after beef from a local processing plant has been potentially linked to E.coli.

Multimedia

Watch The Video

Fairbank Farms in Ashville, New York issued the voluntary recall for approximately 545,000 pounds of fresh ground beef produced between September 14 and September 16.

The potentially tainted beef is no longer on store shelves, and any beef purchased after September 30 is not affected.

Fairbank Farms has set-up a consumer hotline and has all the information on their website. You can find it by going to the News Links section of our website.

More Good Stuff

WKBW Weather

Current Temp 49.0 °F

A Few Clouds

More Weather

On Demand

YouNews

This content requires the latest Adobe Flash Player and a browser with JavaScript enabled. Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player.