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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state health officials said Saturday that they've identified an E. coli outbreak to PCC Community Market brand yogurt produced by Pure Eire Dairy. The dairy is working with the state Department of Agriculture to identify and recall all affected products, the state Health Department said in a statement.
This E. coli outbreak now includes eleven confirmed cases, including six children under the age of ten.
E. coli contamination linked to Eastern Washington dairy Deborah Horne It was being sold at PCC stores under the community market’s brand name. It has been pulled from store shelves, but nearly a dozen children across our state have already gotten sick. The children were treated at Seattle Children’s Hospital. The food safety attorney described the terrible illness that befell the girl after she ate this yogurt. “She developed a fairly severe case of HUS,” said Bill Marker, “was in ICU for a while, dialysis, transfusions.” Indeed, it was the stricken girl’s mothe...