Ground beef sold to restaurants nationwide recalled for E. coli [Video]

Searches for “recalled ground beef” are trending on Google while some on social media are claiming that hundreds of thousands of pounds of ground beef have been recalled.

THE QUESTION

Is there a ground beef recall for potential E. coli contamination?

THE SOURCES

THE ANSWER

Yes, there is a ground beef recall for potential E. coli contamination, but the recalled meat was not sold in grocery stores.

WHAT WE FOUND

Wolverine Packing Co. is recalling about 167,277 pounds of ground beef products due to potential E. coli contamination, according to a Nov. 20 announcement from the U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

The recalled beef is not sold in stores. The FSIS says the beef was shipped to restaurant locations nationwide. The FSIS did not name the restaurants where the beef was distributed.

Restaurants can identify the recalled beefby looking …