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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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[–] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

My mom was sick for a month and a half because of E.coli last year. It was difficult to treat. It’s the sort of thing that definitely should get any food producer SEVERE consequences. Like manslaughter charges at the very least. You need to be very, very careful in food safety or you could very well end up killing someone.

I understand from the article that they can’t pin down which producer it was. But in cases where that’s obvious, there need to be severe punishments.