(NEXSTAR) – More than 16,000 pounds of raw ground beef are under recall, the USDA announced Wednesday, due to possible E. coli contamination.
The recalled beef, which was processed at a Cargill Meat Solutions facility in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, was shipped to Walmart stores nationwide, the USDA initially announced. Cargill later said the affected product had only been distributed to stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Washington, D.C.
A spokesperson for Cargill said no illnesses had been reported as of Thursday, according to a statement shared with Nexstar.
The labels of the affected products don’t obviously bear the “Cargill” name, according to the recall notice. Many are branded under the “All Natural” label. (You can see pictures of the recalled items here.)
While there are no reports of the ground beef causing sickness, the meat may have been contaminated by E. coli …