AZ Costco Cheese E. coli Outbreak
An Arizona Costco cheese E. coli outbreak is under investigation by state and federal health officials who say that at least 11 people in Arizona may have been sickened by a product sold by Costco at Cheese Road Shows in October.
Besides Arizona, another 14 people have been sickened by the same exact outbreak strain of E. coli in New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada and California.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Costco warned consumers in a press release on Thursday to avoid Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda cheese because the cheese may be related to this outbreak of E. coli 0157:H7 infections.
Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda E. coli Facts:
Bravo Farms Dutch Style Gouda cheese was offered for sale and in cheese sampling events at Costco Wholesale locations.
As of Thursday, 25 people have fallen ill since mid-October. The number of ill persons identified in each state with this strain is as follows: AZ (11), CA (1), CO (8), NM (3) and NV (2). There have been 9 reported hospitalizations, 1 possible case of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), and no deaths
E. coli is the name of a type of bacteria that lives in your intestines. Although most types of E. coli are harmless, some types can make you sick. The worst type of E. coli, known as E. coli O157:H7, causes bloody diarrhea and can sometimes cause kidney failure and even death.
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