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If you were planning on swimming at an Illinois lake this weekend, you might want to check the status first as suddenly there are urgent orders at a half dozen Illinois water places to avoid swimming at all costs.

Another week, another large recall. This time, it's for something that just happens to be a staple ingredient in many people's kitchens, and right about the time a lot of folks are looking to fire up their backyard grills.

Of the 29 states affected by a Salmonella outbreak, Illinois has the third-most amount of people finding themselves getting sick.

Over the past month or so we've seen food product recalls of salads, pet foods, and muffins, all for different reasons. Two had a problem with Salmonella, another involved the potential for listeria. Now comes another recall, and this time it's beef.

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Saturday New Jersey company is recalling nearly 43,000 pounds of raw ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli.

Packaged salads are the 2nd fastest selling item on grocery store shelves, trailing only bottled water.

Last week, it was frozen beef from Canada being recalled because of an E. coli problem, this week it's pork sausage and turkey patties.

The CDC says that they're keeping track of 196 cases, including 28 people winding up in the hospital, up from 177 cases two weeks ago.

An E. coli outbreak linked to tainted ground beef has spread to 10 states, with 156 people testing positive for infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday said the public should not eat romaine lettuce as a result of a multistate E. coli outbreak. The WCHD agrees.