Article: Packing cos. sued over beef containing E. coli.(Business)

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The Boston Herald
Article date:
November 4, 2009
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Byline: CHRISTINE McCONVILLE

A week after suppliers of tainted ground beef recalled tons of their products, the families of two New England children who fell ill after eating the beef are suing the companies.

Yesterday in Plymouth District Court, lawsuits were filed against Brockton-based South Shore Meats and Fairbank Farms Inc. of Ashville, N.Y.

In one complaint, the parents of Andrea Munro of Marshfield, say their 12-year-old daughter was infected with the potentially deadly Escherichia coli bacteria after eating Fairbank Farms' beef on Sept. 24. The family lawyer has said the beef was purchased from Star Market in Marshfield.

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