Wisconsin E. coli Cases Linked to Sam's Club hamburgers

Shaw's Ground Beef Recall Food Safety law firm Pritzker | Olsen, P.A. is currently representing victims of E. coli outbreaks linked to ground beef. The firm is also representing the family of a Wisconsin woman who died after contracting an E. coli infection. The E. coli outbreak linked to Sam's Club hamburgers has sickened at least 10 people, 4 of them in Wisconsin. Below is the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services press release regarding the Sam's Club E. coli outbreak. The firm is providing this press release and information on the Sam's Club hamburger recall as a public service.

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There has also been a recent Wisconsin E. coli cases associated with Piggly Wiggly.

Wisconsin Department of Health Press Release: E. coli O157:H7 linked to ground beef patties sold at Sam's Club. (Illness onset from September 23, 2007.) Infected with the outbreak strain of E coli O157:H7 and reporting exposure to Sam's Club ground beef patties.

The USDA has announced a recall of ground beef patties linked to several E. coli O157:H7 cases in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Anyone who purchased "American Chef's Selection Angus Beef Patties" from Sam's Club (Item Number 700141) after August 25, 2007 should return the product to the nearest Sam's Club or throw it away. Additional beef products from the same producer were also recalled (see products and sell-by dates in USDA release below).

As of 10/9 the Division of Public Health has identified 4 Wisconsin residents with lab-confirmed E. coli 0157:H7 infection, a history of eating beef patties purchased at Sam's Club, and laboratory evidence [DNA fingerprinting] that their infection is due to the same strain of E. coli as the Minnesota cases. [The sickened people are from the following Wisconsin counties:

Milwaukee County - 2 cases (possibly associated with a cook out at Marquette University)
Outagamie County - 1 case
Waukesha County - 1 case]

Health authorities will continue to monitor for additional cases.

E. coli is a bacteria of the intestinal tract that causes diarrhea, usually bloody, with severe abdominal cramps. Fever occurs in fewer than one-third of patients. Symptoms typically begin three to eight days following exposure. Some people may become infected but display no symptoms.

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