INDIANA – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a public health alert for certain raw organic ground beef products sold at Whole Foods Market due to potential E. coli contamination. The affected products are 1-pound, vacuum-packed packages of Organic Rancher organic 85% lean and 15% fat ground beef with “use- or freeze-by” dates of June 19 or June 20. These packages originated from Vermont-based NPC Processing and bear the establishment number “Est. 4027” inside the USDA mark of inspection.

While the contaminated ground beef is no longer available for purchase, the FSIS is concerned that consumers may still have these packages in their refrigerators or freezers and advises against consuming them. They should be discarded or returned t

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