According to a Minnesota Department of Health press release, four cases of E. coli O157:H7 infection in Minnesota children are associated with hamburgers purchased from Sam’s Club stores in August and September.
The children became ill between September 10 and 20 after consuming the Sam’s Club hamburgers. The brand name of the implicated frozen ground beef patties was “American Chef’s Selection Angus Beef Patties.”
Two of the children developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and were hospitalized. One child has been discharged and one remains hospitalized.
“The Sam’s Club stores currently involved include the Eagan, Maple Grove and White Bear Lake stores. However, we can’t be certain that meat from other stores is not involved, since the brand of implicated frozen ground beef patties was likely sold at other Sam’s Club locations,” said Heidi Kassenborg, Acting Director of the Dairy and Food Inspection Division of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA).
As an update to this entry, one woman in Wisconsin has also been sickened in this outbreak. According to the Wisconsin Department of Health, she ate a hamburger purchased at Sam's Club.
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