MN E. coli Milk Outbreak Grows by 3 Cases
Minnesota Health officials investigating an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 linked to raw milk products from Hartmann dairy farm in Gibbon say three more illnesses have been associated with the outbreak.
Matching DNA Fingerprints of the Outbreak Strain
A total of eight individuals from seven different households are now considered part of the outbreak, which started in late May. Of the three new cases, two are school-age children who drank Hartmann raw milk, the state said. The third is an infant living in the same home as one of the first five victims.
The information was released by the Minnesota Department of Health. A health department press release said the outbreak investigation has found 26 matching samples of E. coli O157:H7, including isolates found in the dairy barn where the cows are milked.
The Hartmann raw milk outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 has not previously been found in Minnesota. It has led to life-threatening hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in one of the young outbreak victims.
Law firm Pritzker Olsen, based in Minneapolis, currently represents a man in Pennsylvania who became paralyzed this spring from a food poisoning infection caused by contaminated raw milk. Our firm is involved in practically every major outbreak of E coli and other foodborne pathogens. We represent families who seek compensation for medical bills, lost wages and other harms.
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