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Beef recalled at 10 commissaries

TRENTON, N.J. — Beef sold at some military bases around the country may have be contaminated with E. coli.

The Defense Department has issued a voluntary recall on all 85 percent lean ground beef sold at Bolling Air Force Base, D.C.; Carlisle Barracks, Pa.; Fort Carson, Colo.; Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; Fort McCoy, Wis.; Fort Monmouth, N.J.; Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N.J.; Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill.; Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn.; and Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pa.

In a statement issued Thursday, the military suggested that anyone who bought the meat this month should throw it away or return it for a full refund.

The department issued the recall after conducting lab tests on beef from one supplier.

E. coli can cause potentially deadly diarrhea and dehydration. The elderly and the young are particularly prone to the food-borne disease.