E-coli found in beef

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WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Agriculture's Food and Safety Inspection Service has issued a health alert for about 41,305 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with e. coli O157:H7 that were produced at Interstate Meat Dist. Inc., Clackamas, Ore.

Included are these items:

• 16-ounce packages of Northwest Finest 7 percent fat, natural ground beef. The label has a UPC code of 752907 600127.

• 16-ounce packages of Northwest Finest, 10 percent fat, organic ground beef.

The meat products also bear the establishment number Est. 965 inside the USDA mark of inspection as well as a sell-by date between Aug. 1, 2007 and Aug. 11, 2007.

The ground beef was distributed between July 19 and 30 in Idaho, Alaska, Oregon and Washington.

For more information, call ''Ask Karen'' at 1-888-674-6854, which is the USDA meat and poultry hotline, or go to AskKaren.gov.

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