Outbreak linked to raw cheese grows; 9 cases total, one with kidney failure
Raw Farm denies link to illnesses, while patients keep identifying its products.
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Two more illnesses have been identified in an E. coli outbreak linked to unpasteurized cheese and milk, the Food and Drug Administration reported Thursday. The maker of the products, California-based Raw Farm, continues to deny the link and has refused to issue a recall. According to the FDA, at least nine people have been sickened in three states, an increase of two cases since the outbreak was announced earlier this month. Three of the nine cases required hospitalization, and one person developed a life-threatening complication called Hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS, which causes a type of kidney failure. Outbreak investigators have interviewed eight of the nine people sickened. All eight reported consuming unpasteurized dairy. One person couldn't recall a brand, but the remaining seven all singled out products from Raw Farm. Five people ate Raw Farm's raw cheddar, and two drank Raw Farm's raw milk. Whole genome sequencing of the E. coli isolates from the patients shows high similarity, suggesting they came from a common source. Read full article Comments
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