The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a warning not to eat Leadbetters Cowboy Beef Burgers because of concern they may be contaminated with E. coli.
Leadbetters has issued a voluntary recall of the product in question. It's a frozen product, sold in Ontario in 2.27 kilogram cartons. They contain twenty, 4-ounce burgers.
The UPC is 8 73587 00003 5 and the code is 20169.
The CFIA is investigating whether there is any connection between this product and an E. coli outbreak in some parts of Ontario.
For more information, consumers and industry can call one of the following numbers:
Leadbetters Foods Inc. at 1-705-325-9922 or info@cowboysteaks.com
The CFIA at 1-800-442-2342 / TTY 1-800-465-7735 (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday to Friday).
For information on E. coli O157:H7, visit the Food Facts web page
HERE.