The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a public health alert for a ground beef product sold at Whole Foods that may have been contaminated with E. coli. The public health alert issued by USDA Wednesday specified the beef in question came in one-pound vacuum-packed packages labeled "Organic Rancher Organic ground Beef" that is 85 percent lean and 15 percent fat.

The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a public health alert for some raw ground beef products sold at Whole Foods Market because of a risk of E. coli contamination.

U.S. agriculture officials are warning that ground beef sold at Whole Foods markets nationwide may be contaminated with potentially dangerous E. coli bacteria.