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Article: Infections blamed on cheese curds E. coli outbreak seems confined to 3 counties
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 18, 1998
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Cheese curds produced at a nearby dairy plant probably transmitted
the potentially lethal E. coli bacteria that recently sickened at
least 28 residents hospitalizing about a dozen in three
west-central counties, health officials announced Wednesday.
Residents in the northwest section of the state should avoid
eating any curds produced on or after June 1, said John Ryder,
director of the city-county Health Department in Eau Claire.
Residents of the rest of Wisconsin have little to fear, he added.
The outbreak is believed to be the first ever traced to cheese
since the first outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7 was documented in 1982,
according to Michael P. Doyle, director of Food Safety and ...