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27 Sick After Visits to Pumpkin Patches and Petting Zoo, Three With Kidney Failure
Original: Weekend Wrap-Up: Twenty-Seven Children and Adults Sick After Two Pumpkin Patches and a State Fair Petting Zoo, Three of Them With Kidney Failure. The Justice Department Told FDA in Writing That Its Own Rules Keep Outbreak Names Secret and That It
Twenty-seven children and adults have fallen ill after visiting two pumpkin patches and a state fair petting zoo, with three developing kidney failure. The outbreak has drawn attention to the Justice Department's written position that FDA rules keep outbreak source names secret, raising questions about transparency in foodborne illness investigations.
Why now: The severity of the illness, including kidney failure in children, combined with questions about secrecy around outbreak naming, has drawn public concern.
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