FDA withheld supplier identities in November 2024 romaine E. coli outbreak that sickened 89
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Bill Marler
Summary
An investigative piece questioning the FDA's decision to withhold the names of the grower, processor, and seller of romaine lettuce linked to a November 2024 E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that sickened 89 people across 15 states, hospitalized 36, caused 7 cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome, and resulted in one death. The author criticizes the FDA for only identifying a "common supplier" without naming specific companies, and now presents the fully unredacted version that reveals the previously hidden information.
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· 3 pulledThe agency had quietly announced the outbreak was over, called the vehicle a 'common supplier' of romaine lettuce, and left it there. No grower. No processor. No names.
I said then that I would weigh in where the FDA would not. I have now spent the m
why would the FDA not tell the public who grew, processed, and sold the lettuce that sickened 89 people across 15 states, hospitalized 36, gave 7 of them hemolytic uremic syndrome, and killed one?
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