Dive Summary:
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta added five more victims in California, Colorado, Ohio and Florida to the list of confirmed cases in the E. coli O121 outbreak connected with Farm Rich brand products.
- The total number of people infected with the rare Shiga toxin-producing strain is now 32, and CDC says 35% of the victims required hospitalization, with two developing kidney-damaging hemolytic uremic syndrome.
- On April 4, Rich Brand Products expanded its recall to include all Farm Rich, Market Day and Schwan's brand products produced at its Waycross, Ga. plant between July 1, 2011 and March 29, 2013.
From the article:
... Information available to date indicates that consumption of Farm Rich brand frozen food products is one likely source of infection for the ill persons in this outbreak.
The outbreak strain of STEC O121 has been identified in two different Farm Rich brand frozen products collected from the homes of two ill persons. ...
