GettyIf you like ground beef, you may have a beef with this announcement. On Friday, the Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC) announced that ground beef is now the suspected cause of the Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (E. coli) O103 outbreak. When you buy raw ground beef, make sure that you refrigerate or freeze it within two hours. Until you are ready to cook the raw ground beef, keep it in either refrigerator or freezer at all times. If you need to thaw frozen raw ground beef, do it in the refrigerator.

Source: Forbes April 13, 2019 07:52 UTC