KSFY in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, reports that a one-year-old boy from Sioux Center, Iowa is currently hospitalized with hemolytic uremic syndrome at a Sioux Falls area hospital. There are no reported "confirmed" cases in the JBS outbreak from Iowa . . . Yet. But these outbreaks tend to evolve. After all, we’re talking about a product that many people
JBS Swift outbreak
Six Michigan Victims in JBS Swift E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak
By Drew Falkenstein on
Posted in Foodborne Illness Outbreaks
Michigan is no stranger to outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7 . . . particularly over the course of the last year. The CDC reports six culture-confirmed, PFGE matched cases in the JBS Swift outbreak and recall. Michigan also counted many of its residents as victims in the E. coli outbreak linked to lettuce sold by Aunt…