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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment said Thursday that this week’s recall of King Soopers ground beef is the first time the U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a beef recall for salmonella.
The recall includes 466,236 pounds of ground-beef products sold between May 23 and June 23 and labeled “EST. 6250” on the front of the package.
Though salmonella is a common bacteria in raw meat, the strain that has sickened at least 14 Coloradans is drug-resistent, which may have prompted the federal action, said Alicia Cronquist, an epidemiologist with the state health agency.
