FDA Delayed E. coli Outbreak by nearly a Month. That's just horrible. usfoodsafety.
that a previously unreported E. coli outbreak occurred between July and September, affecting nearly two dozen people who ate tainted Romaine lettuce.came nearly a month after the Post found that FDA officials knew the cause of the outbreak. Both the FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention knew that leafy greens were linked to the illnesses in several states by Oct. 2, according to the newspaper.
“In this case, while there was no actionable consumer information associated with this particular outbreak and the outbreak was over prior to the determination of a vehicle, given the noteworthy nature of this outbreak and an interest in accelerating awareness, we chose to communicate through an FDA statement in the short term in order to ensure full awareness by the public,” an FDA spokesman told The Hill.
A food safety lawyer based in Seattle, Bill Marler, asserted to the Post that the weeks-long delay in the FDA’s reporting of the incident amounts to a “lie” to the public.
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