Michigan health officials have associated a Michigan E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that has sickened at least 35 people with iceberg lettuce distributed by Aunt Mid’s Produce Company because several of the people who were diagnosed with E. coli infections ate Aunt Mid’s lettuce before becoming ill. According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, six people in Illinois were also diagnosed with E. coli infections after consuming Aunt Mid’s iceberg lettuce.
Additional, compelling epidemiological and microbiological evidence points to Aunt Mid’s lettuce as the source of the E. coli outbreak. According to James McCurtis, a spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Community Health, Aunt Mid’s lettuce is the only kind delivered to the Lenawee County Jail (5 inmates sickened) and the two restaurants in Illinois where the outbreak-strain of E. coli O157:H7 bacteria was found.
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