Outbreak: Sally Jackson Cheese | |
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Product: Raw milk goat, sheep, & cow cheeses | Investigation Start Date: 12/06/2010 |
Location: Multi-state | Etiology: E. coli O157:NM |
Earliest known case onset date: 09/09/2010 | Latest case onset date: 11/26/2010 |
Confirmed Case Count: 8 | Positive Samples (Food / Environmental): 0 / 0 |
Hospitalizations: 2 | Deaths: 0 |
Oddly, none of the cases in this outbreak ever recalled the cheese by the brand name, even after investigators deduced the brand of cheese and questioned the cases about it specifically. It was fortunate that investigators could make a compelling case with largely circumstantial evidence that was later bolstered … Continue Reading ››