Consumers are urged to check their freezers for packages of this meat. The recalled beef should not be consumed but should be returned to the store or disposed of. An estimated 10,000 to 20,000 cases of infection occur in the United States each year.
Infection often leads to bloody diarrhea, and occasionally to kidney failure.
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