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Three New E. coli Investigations Linked to Fall Attractions
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 seasonal activities such as pumpkin patches, petting zoos and state fairs. Food safety lawyer Bill Marler notes these follow twenty-five years of similar outbreaks and argues a well-established prevention playbook already exists, but operators continue to fail to apply known measures such as hand-washing stations and animal-contact controls.
Why now: New fall-season E. coli outbreaks at petting zoos and fairs renew long-running concerns about repeated, preventable illness at public attractions.
E. coliBill Marlerpetting zoosstate fairspumpkin patches
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