CALIFORNIA Department of Health environmental investigation of E. coli O157:H7 outbreak associated with Taco Bell restaurants in the Northeastern states in 2006 - two California lettuce growers possibly implicated - (Marler Blog)
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We were provided today with the report prepared by The California Food Emergency Response Team (CalFERT). The Executive Summary in part reads:
On December 13, 2006 the Office of Emergency Operations of the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerted both the San Francisco District Office and the Emergency Response Unit of the California Department of Public Health Food and Drug Branch (FDB) of an emerging outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 illness associated with eating at Taco Bell restaurants and the identification of iceberg lettuce as the most likely food vehicle.
Interestingly, the CDC in its report posted on its website on December 14, 2006 seems to link lettuce only slightly more that other ingredients found in Taco Bells:
CDC is working with state and local health officials, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the restaurant chain to determine what food caused the outbreak. These investigations […]
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http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/news/fsnews.cfm?newsid=22631
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