Deadly E. Coli outbreaks linked to salad found in 15 states

• Public health and other experts criticize the Food and Drug Administration for how it handled a widespread E. coli outbreak linked to Romän salad
• Dozens of people were hospitalized and one person died for four months
• Now nine moods have been submitted against a product company when families claim that their salad caused the outbreak – but the company denies the claims, and the FDA has not said where the outbreak came from

An E. coli outbreak that was linked to Romaine salad was spread to 15 states over the past four months left dozens of sick and one person dead -but according to an internal report from the Food and Drug Administration, the public was not informed about the polluted food.

According to a new report from NBC NewsPublished Thursday, April 17, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did not publish information about E. coli outbursts and infectionsDespite months of investigation.

The outlet reported that the outbreak began in St. Louis County in Missouri in early November 2024 and the FDA officially closed its investigation in February, without revealing what had happened or sharing which companies had produced the infected salad.

An internal FDA Report The obtained by the outlet said that it did not named companies because there was no infected salad left by the time investigator learned where E. Coli came from. The report also noted that there was a death, but did not share information about it.

“There was no public communication related to this outbreak,” wrote the FDA in its report.

The FDA is not obliged to share information about all food -borne diseases it is investigating – if there are reasons not to share, if the agency is still working with the company responsible for checking the outbreak or if the cause is still unknown, per NBC.

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According to Cleveland ClinicE. coli is a group of bacteria that can cause infections of the intestine, urinary tract and other parts of the body. Although it is not dangerous for the most part, some strains have side effects of watery diarrhea, vomiting and fever.

Dr. Amanda Brzozowski, an older epidemiologist for St. Louis County, was the first to discover several cases of a dangerous tribe by E. Coli in hospital in early November.

According to the Public Health Specialist, several high school students who lived in the same area had received the infection – and suffered serious side effects.

“It was really scary,” Brzozowski told NBC News. “We have never seen this kind of situation before.”

St. Louis County Public Health Department eventually decided that at least Found 115 caseswhich was either confirmed or probable E. coli infections – part of a particularly dangerous tribe called E. coli 0157: H7 – was linked to food served by a local catering company.

Nine total moods now claim that the victims were infected with products from Taylor Farms, a California-based company that serves as one of the country’s largest producers of fresh salads and vegetables.

In a statement to NBC, Taylor Farms denied that its products were related to the E. coli outbreak.

“We do not believe that Taylor Farms was the source of the recently referred E. coli outbreaks, based on information collected during thorough third-party investigations and robust food safety checks,” the company said.

In January Center for disease control and prevention Officially, the outbreak had ended per NBC, and the investigation was changed from actively to closed in February. The full details of the outbreak came out after lawyers requested public registers when the moods were submitted.

The FDA denied that its response to this outbreak was unusual per NBC.

“The FDA names companies when there is enough evidence that links an outbreak to a company and there is actionable advice for consumers, as long as the company is not legally prohibitedThe“A spokesman told the outlet in a statement.” When the investigators had confirmed the probable source, the outbreak had already stopped and there were no actionable advice for consumers. ”

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