NEW JERSEY – Federal officials have issued a public health alert for possible E. Coli-contaminated beef in New Jersey and elsewhere, including hamburger patties sold at ShopRite.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service is issuing a public health alert for beef products derived from imported beef from Ontario, Canada because it may be contaminated with E. Coli, according to a news release. Federal officials are concerned that some products may be in school or consumers' freezers. Schools or consumers who have these products are urged not to serve them and throw them away.

E. Coli a potentially deadly bacterium that can cause bloody diarrhea, dehydration, and in the most severe cases, kidney failure. The very young, seniors and persons with weak immune systems are the most susceptible to foodborne illness, according to the release. The following products have been identified as part of the Canadian recall and were distributed to institutions and retailers in Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont: (View Labels)

10-pound cardboard box packages containing bulk plastic wrapped raw frozen ground beef gyros labeled "DEVANCO FOODS CHICAGO'S FAVORITE" GYROS SLICES (STRIPS) with a case code 159 19.

10-pound cardboard box packages containing bulk plastic wrapped raw frozen ground beef gyros labeled "KRONOS HALAL GYROS STRIPS" HALAL CERTIFIED BEEF GYROS UNCOOKED, IQF STRIPS with a case code 19 159.

Retail sized (8 patties) cardboard box packages containing "ZIYAD PREMIUM QUALITY Beef Hamburger Patties" with a case code 911541.021541.

Retail sized (8 kabobs) cardboard box packages containing "ZIYAD PREMIUM QUALITY Uncooked Kufta Kabob" with a case code 911154.021154.

2-pound cardboard box packages containing plastic wrapped raw frozen ground beef patties labeled "LANDIS BRAND 100% ALL BEEF PATTIES 8 Quarter Pound Patties" and a sell by date of 060720.

8-pound cardboard box packages containing bulk plastic wrapped raw frozen ground beef patties labeled "Shop Right 100% PURE QUARTER POUND Ground Beef Hamburgers" and a sell by date of 060720.

3-pound cardboard box packages containing plastic wrapped raw frozen ground beef patties labeled "Shop Right 100% PURE Ground Beef Hamburgers" and a sell by date of 060720. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has conducted a food safety investigation and determined that certain products produced by the company may be contaminated. While Canada is the recalling authority, federal officials are amplifying the recall through this public health alert, the release said. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency notified federal officials that several shipments of beef implicated in a series of recalls have been exported to the U.S., the release said.

Federal officials have identified that imported beef manufacturing trimmings produced on May 27 and 30, 2019 that are subject to recall were used in the U.S. to produce other beef products distributed for retail sale, the release said.