In October 2024, Minnesota public health officials investigated an outbreak of fifteen E. coli O157:H7 infections among people who had eaten hamburgers at multiple locations of Red Cow a table-service restaurant chain with locations in Hennepin, Ramsey and Olmsted counties or at Hen House Eatery in Minneapolis. Two people were hospitalized. No one died.

On November 20, 2024, Wolverine Packing Co., a Detroit, Michigan establishment, recalled 167,277 pounds of ground beef products due to possible contamination with E. coli O157:H7. A ground beef sample collected by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture as part of the outbreak investigation tested positive for E. coli O157:H7.