October 16, 2007: Tennessee Children’s E. coli Infection Linked with Cargill Hamburger Recall

October 16th, 2007

According to the Knox County Health Department, three East Tennessee children contracted E. coli food poisoning several weeks ago from frozen ground beef patties that are part of the Cargill recall. The patties were manufactured by Cargill and sold at Sam’s Club.

The children tested positive for E. coli O157. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has labeled the strain connected with the Cargill recall outbreak # 0710NYEXH-1c.

A fourth case of E. coli food poisoning in a Tennessee child in Cocke County turned out not to be related to the Cargill recall.

For more information about the Cargill Recall and the three Tennessee cases of E. coli food poisoning, please see the following news articles: October 12 E. coli Infection, October 11 Cargill Recall and October 8 Cargill and Sam’s Club.

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