The Government Hid a Deadly E. Coli Outbreak

Image by Getty / Futurism Developments The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) quietly opened and closed an investigation into an outbreak of a particularly virulent strain of Escherichia coli, better known as the deadly bacteria E. coli — and never revealed the investigation to the public. As NBC News reports, the 89 people sickened from the outbreak last November ranged in age from four to 90, and were spread across at least 15 states and killed at least one person. The FDA, subsequently, investigated the outbreak — and quietly closed it without alerting the public about the probe, or naming the companies behind it. In lawsuits filed by families affected by the outbreak, the California-based bagged salad giant Taylor Farms was named as the source of the E. coli-tainted lettuce, but the FDA under Donald Trump and Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., refuse to do the same. In statements to the outlet, Taylor Farms insisted that third-party investigations ... Read full article.