AZ CO Cheese E. coli Probe Continues
The Arizona, Colorado, California, New Mexico and Nevada cheese E. coli outbreak investigation will continue this week as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to identify potential sources of contamination at Bravo Farms Cheese Factory.
Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda Cheese sold and sampled at Costco in the five-state outbreak region has been confirmed as the likely cause of the outbreak, which has sickened at least 38 people, including 19 in Arizona and 11 in Colorado. There have been 15 reported hospitalizations, 1 case of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), and no deaths.
Pritzker Olsen law firm is representing 7 people sickened in the Costco and Bravo Farms E. coli and HUS personal injury and is continuing to accept new cases at 1-888-377-8900 (Toll Free) or by completing the contact form on the side of this Web page. Already our firm has filed an E. coli lawsuit through its local counsel on behalf of a family of four who contracted E. coli O157:H7 infections after consuming Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda Cheese at the Costco store located in Glendale, Arizona, on October 15. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona against Bravo Farms Cheese, LLC, a California limited liability corporation, and Costco Wholesale Corporation, a Washington corporation.
The Costco and Bravo Farms lawsuit seeks compensation for the family for medical expenses, travel expenses, wage loss, pain, suffering, emotional distress and other damages. Pritzker Olsen is a national E. coli, HUS and listeriosis law firm and our attorneys have won millions for E. coli, HUS and listeria victims. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said the strain of E. coli 0157:H7 causing the outbreak has never been detected before in the CDC's PulseNet database that tracks the spread of enteric diseases in the United States..
According to the most recent CDC update on the investigation, the FDA is continuing to work with its state partners to investigate Bravo Farms in Traver, California, and to identify potential sources of contamination. Additional investigative activities are ongoing and include:
- Conducting surveillance for additional illnesses that could be related to the outbreak.
- Gathering and testing food products that are suspected as possible sources of infection to see if they are contaminated with bacteria.
- Following epidemiologic leads gathered from interviews with patients, food purchase information, or from patterns of processing, production and/or distribution of suspected products.
- Investigating where in the distribution chain the point of contamination could have occurred.
- Costco is cooperating and assisting with this ongoing investigation.
