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    • A food supplier to Giant Food Stores has recalled fresh ground beef products that were sold in September and could be contaminated with E. coli bacteria.

    So far, Giant hasn't received any reports of illness associated with the recalled beef.

    The Carlisle-based grocery store chain is encouraging customers to check their freezers for ground beef products sold between Sept. 19 and Sept. 28, 2009.

    The company will issue refunds for the tainted products.

    Fairbank Farms of Ashville, N.Y., Giant's supplier, has recalled almost 546,000 pounds of fresh ground beef that had been distributed in September to stores from North Carolina to Maine.

    Aside from Giant, some of the ground beef was sold at Trader Joe's, Price Chopper, Lancaster, Wild Harvest, Shaw's, BJ's and Ford Brothers in packages that carried the number "EST. 492" on the label.

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture's recall notice, dated Saturday, said the possibly tainted meat had been sold in numerous ways, from meatloaf and meatball mix to hamburger patties.

    The contaminated fresh ground beef has caused a possible E. coli outbreak that killed two people and sent 16 others to hospitals, federal health officials said Monday

    Twenty-eight people may have become ill after eating beef produced by Fairbank Farms, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

    All but three of the suspected infections are in the northeastern U.S. and 18 are in New England, said CDC spokeswoman Lola Scott Russell.

    One

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    of the deaths was an adult from Albany County, N.Y., who had several underlying health conditions, according to the state Health Department. The other fatality was previously reported by New Hampshire, where health officials said a patient died of complications.

    The Associated Press contributed to this report.

    TAINTED BEEF

    Here's a list of products previously sold through Giant Food Stores' that could be contaminated by E. coli bacteria. The items carry sell-by-dates of Sept. 19 through Sept. 28, 2009.

    --- 85 percent Giant Brand Lean Ground Beef.

    --- 90 percent Giant Brand Lean Ground Beef

    --- 96 percent Giant Brand Lean Ground Beef

    --- Giant Brand Meat Loaf Mix

    --- Giant Brand Meatballs

    --- Nature's Promise Ground Beef

    --- Nature's Promise Patties