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Oct 26, 2009 10:55 pm US/Eastern

MA Company Recalls Beef After Students Sickened

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Massachusetts health officials say a Brockton meat company has voluntarily recalled beef products after more than 20 school children and adults from Rhode Island were sickened by E. coli.

Department of Public Health spokeswoman Jennifer Manley said on Monday that South Shore Meat Company recalled ground beef and other products after tests showed the presence of E. coli in leftover beef samples.

Those sickened include two sixth-graders from Lincoln Middle School who were hospitalized after consuming contaminated meat during a field trip to a Plymouth boys' summer camp from Oct. 13 to 16.

Massachusetts officials say tests showed the ground beef collected at the camp is the same strain of E. coli confirmed in two of the children.

E. coli can cause serious illness in young children, the elderly or those with a compromised immune system.