Zillman Meat Market E. coli Update
The Zillman Meat Market E. coli outbreak in Marathon County, Wisconsin, has spread to three people in Michigan, officials said in a press release. The investigation into the source of the E. coli is ongoing but Marathon County health officials identified the type of E. coli as E. coli 045.
In November and early December several persons in the Wausau, Wisconsin, area developed illness from E.coli contracted from eating smoked ready-to-eat meat products processed at Zillman Meat Market in Wausau, the Marathon County Health Department said.
The county is repeating an earlier warning "not to eat or serve any ready-to-eat smoked meat products purchased from Zillman Meat Market between September 30, 2010 and December 28, 2010.''
The three newest cases were reported in Michigan in December, 2010, after ready-to-eat smoked meat products were shared with family members. The State Department of Health Services assisted in identifying the Michigan cases.
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