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Source of
Article: http://www.foodpoisonjournal.com/
In the last several weeks
Nestle and JBS Swift customers have been hospitalized (some still are) with
medical bills in the millions of dollars. Those that developed hemolytic
uremic syndrome (HUS), face a life-time of kidney and bowel complications
that will cost families tens of millions of dollars. People have been out of
work for weeks – some have lost jobs. And, what have we heard from two
multi-billion foreign corporations (Nestle - Swiss and JBS - Brazilian)?
Nothing. Both companies have been linked by Local, State and Federal
authorities to the illnesses, yet the companies remain silent. Nestle, JB
Swift, time to step up and take care of your customers. Nestle Cookie Dough
E. coli Outbreak 72 persons infected with a
strain of E. coli O157:H7 with a particular DNA fingerprint have been
reported from 30 states. Of these, 51 have been confirmed by an advanced DNA
test as having the outbreak strain; these confirmatory test results are
pending on the others. The number of ill persons identified in each state is
as follows: Arizona (2), California (3), Colorado (6), Connecticut (1),
Delaware (1), Georgia (1), Iowa (2), Illinois (5), Kentucky (2),
Massachusetts (4), Maryland (2), Maine (3), Minnesota (6), Missouri (1),
Montana (1), North Carolina (2), New Hampshire (2), New Jersey (1), Nevada
(2), New York (1), Ohio (3), Oklahoma (1), Oregon (1), Pennsylvania (2),
South Carolina (1), Texas (3), Utah (4), Virginia (2), Washington (6), and
Wisconsin (1). Ill persons range in age from 2 to 65 years; however, 65% are
less than 19 years old; 71% are female. Thirty-four persons have been
hospitalized, 10 developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). JBS Swift Beef E.
coli Outbreak 23 persons infected with a
strain of E. coli O157:H7 with a particular "DNA fingerprint" have
been reported from 9 states. Of these, 17 have been confirmed by an advanced
DNA test as having the outbreak strain; confirmatory tests are pending on
others. The number of ill persons identified in each state is as follows:
California (4), Maine (1), Michigan (6), Minnesota (1), New Hampshire (1),
New Jersey (2), New Mexico (1), New York (1) and Wisconsin (6). Among 17 ill
persons for whom hospitalization status is known, 12 (70%) were hospitalized.
Two patients developed a type of kidney failure called hemolytic uremic
syndrome (HUS). |
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