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medicalxpress.com · 2026-09-28
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Raw milk cheese recalled nationwide after E. coli outbreak sickens 13
medicalxpress.com · 2026-09-28
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Claim 1 of 6Not checkedAll Graziers raw milk cheeses are being pulled from the market nationwide after the products were tied to an E. coli outbreak that has sickened more than a dozen people, many of them young children.View evidenceHide evidence
As statedmore than a dozen people
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Claim 2 of 6Not checkedAs of Sept. 25, 13 people had fallen ill in nine states, eight were hospitalized, and no one had died.View evidenceHide evidence
As stated13 people; eight hospitalized; no one has died
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Claim 3 of 6Not checkedMore than half of those sickened are children 5 or younger, according to the CDC.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 4 of 6Not checkedThree patients developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a dangerous kidney complication of some E. coli infections, the FDA noted.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 5 of 6Not checkedState and local health officials asked nine patients what they ate in the week before getting sick, and every one of them named Graziers cheese.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 6 of 6Not checkedBecause investigators haven't traced the illnesses to a particular lot or date code, the company said it is recalling every Graziers raw milk cheese now on the market.View evidenceHide evidence
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PubMed, Europe PMC, Crossref · 15 candidate papers
Analysis of the genetic and phylogenetic context of Escherichia coli O77g:H18 associated with clustered cases of HUS in France in 2025.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2026 · PubMed, Europe PMC
Enumeration of Escherichia coli O157 in Outbreak-Associated Gouda Cheese Made with Raw Milk
Journal of Food Protection · 2015 · Crossref
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Outbreak in Adults and Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Negative for Locus of Enterocyte Effacement, France, 2025.
Emerging Infectious Diseases · 2026 · PubMed, Europe PMC
Evaluation of Escherichia Coli, Salmonella, Staphylococcus Aureus, Listeria, Yersinia and Bacillus Cereus in Raw Milk and Traditional Cheese Offered in Isfahan City
2023 · Crossref
Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium Infections Linked to Commercially Distributed Raw Milk - California and Four Other States, September 2023-March 2024.
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report · 2025 · PubMed
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