Various batches of ground beef sold at Canadian Safeway outlets may be contaminated with e.coli, Canada’s food safety regulator has warned.

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The meat was sold in packages of approximately 450 grams with the first part of the UPC being 201670 and a Canada establishment number of 573, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said.


The affected batches carry a best before of 19 March and were on sale from 13 March to 19 March.


No illnesses have been reported.

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