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Three New E. coli Investigations Linked to Petting Zoos and State Fairs
Original: Pumpkin Patches, Petting Zoos and State Fairs: Three New E. coli Investigations, Twenty-Five Years of Outbreaks Just Like Them, and the Prevention Playbook Everyone Already Has
Health officials are investigating three new E. coli outbreaks connected to pumpkin patches, petting zoos and state fairs. Food safety attorney Bill Marler points out these incidents mirror roughly twenty-five years of similar outbreaks at the same types of venues, arguing that established prevention measures already exist and simply are not being consistently applied at agritourism and fair sites.
Why now: New outbreaks at popular autumn venues are renewing attention to a long-recognised, preventable public health risk.
E. coliBill Marlerpetting zoosstate fairspumpkin patches
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