In a shocking blow to consumers who pay premium prices for so-called
"clean" food, Whole Foods Market has been forced to pull organic ground
beef products from its shelves nationwide after testing revealed
contamination with the potentially deadly E. coli O157:H7 strain. The
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service
(FSIS) issued a public health alert June 3, warning that 1-pound
vacuum-packed packages of "Organic Rancher Organic Ground Beef 85% Lean
15% Fat" produced May 22-23, 2025, with use-by dates of June 19-20,
2025, may still be lurking in consumers' refrigerators or freezers.
The contaminated beef,
bearing establishment number "EST. 4027" inside the USDA mark of
inspection, was shipped to distributors in Connecticut, Georgia,
Illinois, and Maryland before reaching Whole Foods stores across 27
states and Washington, D.C. This incident exposes the unsettling reality
that even high-priced, organically branded foods from trusted retailers
like Whole Foods cannot guarantee basic safety from pathogens that
industrial agriculture systems routinely unleash on the public...<<<Read More>>>...
