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A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it (www.nbcnews.com)
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The outbreak linked to romaine lettuce killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure.

An E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce ripped across 15 states in November, sickening dozens of people, including a 9-year-old boy in Indiana who nearly died of kidney failure and a 57-year-old Missouri woman who fell ill after attending a funeral lunch. One person died.

But chances are you haven’t heard about it.  

The Food and Drug Administration indicated in February that it had closed the investigation without publicly detailing what had happened — or which companies were responsible for growing and processing the contaminated lettuce.

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[–] protist@mander.xyz 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That makes no difference, this could've happened with an imported product for all you know

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You mean from a country with strong and monitored food safety processes?

I suppose it could be tampered with such that no one would ever notice even with the proper handling. Maybe by evil alien robots. No one would know!

[–] protist@mander.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

E. coli outbreaks also occur in Europe, unfortunately

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Do they also cover it up?

[–] protist@mander.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

No, but they're not investigating outbreaks of imported food in the US either. The point is an outbreak in the US could have come from anywhere because we know nothing about it