RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A food company voluntarily recalled frozen ground beef Thursday that has been linked to 27 confirmed cases of E. coli at a Boy Scout camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains. S&S Foods of Azusa, Calif., said it is recalling 153,630 pounds of beef that may be contaminated with E. coli 0157:H7. That strain has been linked by the Virginia Department of Health to the E. coli outbreak at the Goshen Scout Reservation, a popular summer destination for Washington-area Scouts for four decades. Seventy scouts and staff have reported intestinal symptoms consistent with E. coli contamination. One camper remains hospitalized. As a precaution, the camp has been closed. Testing by Virginia public health officials confirmed the beef was linked to the outbreak. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the Virginia outbreak, which...
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